Arbeitspapier
Health interventions and risky behaviour
This paper reviews the extent to which policy interventions can affect risky behaviours such as smoking, drinking and diet. The justification for such intervention is typically a market failure, broadly defined. The types of market failure typically encountered are discussed. First and second best interventions are examined and there is a review of the efficacy of such interventions with respect to Ireland.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series ; No. WP07/09
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Externalities
- Thema
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risky behaviour
market failure
Gesundheitsrisiko
Rauchen
Alkoholkonsum
Marktversagen
Gesundheitspolitik
Wohlfahrtseffekt
Irland
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Madden, David
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University College Dublin, UCD School of Economics
- (wo)
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Dublin
- (wann)
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2007
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:24 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Madden, David
- University College Dublin, UCD School of Economics
Entstanden
- 2007