A note on optimal paternalism and health capital subsidies

Thomas Aronsson and Linda Thunstrom

Economics Letters, 2008, vol. 101, issue 3, 241-242

Abstract: This paper concerns the policy implications of a potential self-control problem underlying the consumption of unhealthy food. Our results show that subsidies on wealth and health capital can be used to implement a socially optimal resource allocation.

Keywords: Health; Quasi-hyperbolic; discounting; Subsidies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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