Life-years lost because of smoking and obesity
2010 paper by Columbia University and City College researchers on the impact of smoking and obesity on mortality and disease.
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Peer interventions for cocaine and alcohol abuse among women
2012 Yale University and Washington University of St. Louis study on the cost-effectiveness of three types of peer-intervention methods.
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Who’s winning the clean energy race?
2010 paper on the increased investment of key developing nations in the global production of clean-energy technology.
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Tobacco use links with child malnutrition in developing countries
2009 Tufts University study on the relationship between household tobacco use and child nutrition in the developing world.
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School crime control and prevention
2009 Duke University and the University of Maryland study looking at school characteristics that influence the level of crime.
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Measuring the impact of health insurance on levels and trends in inequality
2010 Cornell University study done for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the effect of health insurance on trends in income inequality.
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Executive compensation at Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, 2000-2008
2009 Harvard University and Tel Aviv University study on whether the firms’ executive compensation encouraged incentives for executives to take excessive risks.
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How to curb sports teams’ demands for free public stadiums
2008 Barry Law School paper looking at the relationship between stadiums and local economic activity and strategies for responding to teams’ demands..
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Impact of air quality on hospital spending
2010 RAND Corporation study on the cost of medical care attributed to California’s failure to meet federal clean air standards.
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What cost-of-crime research can tell us about investing in police
2010 RAND Corporation paper on the estimates of the cost of crime, the effectiveness of police force in combating it, and potential benefits of investments in enforcement.
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