Papers – Michael Grossman

“Fast-Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and Its Influence on Childhood Obesity” (with Shin-Yi Chou and Inas Rashad). Journal of Law and Economics 51, No. 4 (November 2008), pp. 599-618

“The Relationship between Health and Schooling.” Eastern Economic Journal 34, No. 3 (Summer 2008), pp. 281-292

“The Super Size of America: An Econometric Estimation of Body Mass Index and Obesity in Adults” (with Inas Rashad and Shin-Yi Chou).” Eastern Economic Journal, 32, No. 1 (Winter 2006), pp. 133-148

“Reply to Jonathan Gruber and Michael Frakes” (with Shin-Yi Chou and Henry Saffer). Journal of Health Economics, 25, No. 2 (May 2006), pp. 389-393.

“The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs” (with Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy). Journal of Political Economy, 114, No. 1(February 2006), pp. 38-60

“I Did What Last Night?! Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors and Substance Use” (with Sara Markowitz). Eastern Economic Journal, 31, No. 3 (Summer 2005), pp. 383-405

“An Investigation of the Effects of Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Policies on Youth Risky Sexual Behaviors (with Robert Kaestner and Sara Markowitz).” American Economic Review, 95, No. 2 (May 2005), pp. 263-266

“A Wolf Dressed in Sheep’s Clothing: Perhaps Quality Measures are Just Unmeasured Severity” (with John F.P. Bridges and Avi Dor). Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 4, No. 1 (2005), pp. 55-64

“Get High and Get Stupid: The Effect of Alcohol and Marijuana Use on Teen Sexual Behavior” (with Robert Kaestner and Sara Markowitz). Review of Economics of the Household, 2, No. 4 (December 2004), pp. 411-438

“Managed-Care Discounting: Evidence from the MarketScan Database” (with Avi Dor and Siran M. Koroukian). Inquiry, 41, No. 2 (Summer 2004), pp. 159-169

“The Demand for Health, 30 Years Later: A Very Personal Retrospective and Prospective Reflection.” Journal of Health Economics, 23, No. 4 (July 2004), pp. 629-636

“The Economics of Obesity” (with Inas Rashad). The Public Interest, 156 (Summer 2004), pp. 104-112

“Hospital Transaction Prices and Managed-Care Discounting for Selected Medical Technologies” (with Avi Dor and Siran M. Koroukian). American Economic Review, 94, No. 2 (May 2004), pp. 352-356

“An Economic Analysis of Adult Obesity: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System” (with Shin-Yi Chou and Henry Saffer). Journal of Health Economics, 23, No. 3 (May 2004), pp. 565-587

“Household Production and Health.” Review of Economics of the Household, 1, No. 4 (December 2003), pp. 331-342

“The Effect of Cigarette Excise Taxes on Smoking Before, During and After Pregnancy” (with Greg Colman and Ted Joyce).” Journal of Health Economics, 22, No. 6 (November 2003), pp. 1053-1072

“Illegal Drug Use and Public Policy” (with Frank J. Chaloupka and Kyumin Shim). Health Affairs, 21, No. 2 (March/April 2002), pp. 134-145

“The Effects of Price on Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Problems” (with Frank J. Chaloupka and Henry Saffer). Alcohol Research & Health, 26, No. 1 (2002), pp. 22-34

“Competition and the Cost of Capital Revisited: Special Authorities and Underwriters in the Market for Tax-exempt Hospital Bonds” (with Alec Ian Gershberg and Fred Goldman). National Tax Journal, 54, No. 2 (June 2001), pp. 255-280

“Health Care Financing Agencies: The Intergovernmental Role of Quasi-Government Authorities and the Impact on the Cost of Capital” (with Alec Ian Gershberg and Fred Goldman). Public Budgeting & Finance, 20, No. 1 (Spring 2000), pp. 1-23

“The Effects of Beer Taxes on Physical Child Abuse” (with Sara Markowitz). Journal of Health Economics, 19, No. 2 (March 2000), pp. 271-282

“The Effect of Drug Use on Workplace Accidents” (with Robert Kaestner). Labour Economics, 5, No. 3 (September 1998), pp. 267-294

“The Demand for Cocaine by Young Adults: A Rational Addiction Approach” (with Frank J. Chaloupka). Journal of Health Economics, 17, No. 4 (August 1998), pp. 427-474

“Alcohol Regulation and Domestic Violence Towards Children” (with Sara Markowitz). Contemporary Economic Policy, 16, No. 3 (July 1998), pp. 309-320

“A Survey of Economic Models of Addictive Behavior” (with Frank J. Chaloupka and Richard Anderson). Journal of Drug Issues, 28, No. 3 (Summer 1998), pp. 631-643

“An Empirical Analysis of Alcohol Addiction: Results from the Monitoring the Future Panels” (with Frank J. Chaloupka and Ismail Sirtalan). Economic Inquiry, 36, No. 1 (January 1998), pp. 39-48

“Public Policy and Youth Smokeless Tobacco Use” (with Frank J. Chaloupka and John A. Tauras). Southern Economic Journal, 64, No. 2 (October 1997), pp. 503-516

“Cigarette Taxes: The Straw to Break the Camel’s Back” (with Frank J. Chaloupka). Public Health Reports, 112, No. 4 (July/August 1997), pp. 290-297

“Wages, Workers Compensation Benefits, and Drug Use: Indirect Evidence of the Effect of Drugs on Workplace Accidents” (with Robert Kaestner). American Economic Review, 85, No. 2 (May 1995), pp. 55-60

“Alcohol-Problem Prevention Policy: The Need for a Phases Research Model” (with Harold Holder, Gayle Boyd, Jan Howard, Brian Flay, and Robert Voas). Journal of Public Health Policy, 16, No. 3 (1995), pp. 324-346.

“An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction” (with Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy). American Economic Review, 84, No. 3 (June 1994), pp. 396-418

“Alcohol Price Policy and Youths: A Summary of Economic Research” (with Frank J. Chaloupka, Henry Saffer, and Adit Laixuthai). Journal of Research on Adolescence, 4, No. 2 (1994), pp. 347-364

“Determinants of Interest Rates on Tax-Exempt Hospital Bonds” (with Fred Goldman, Susan W. Nesbitt, and Pamela Mobilia). Journal of Health Economics, 12, No. 4 (December 1993), pp. 385-410

“Policy Watch: Alcohol and Cigarette Taxes” (with Jody L. Sindelar, John Mullahy, and Richard Anderson). Journal of Economic Perspectives, 7, No. 4 (Fall 1993), pp. 211-222

“Alcohol-Control Policies and Motor-Vehicle Fatalities” (with Frank J. Chaloupka and Henry Saffer). Journal of Legal Studies, 22, No. 1 (January 1993), pp. 161-186

“Effectiveness of Health Care Services for Pregnant Women and Infants” (with Andrew D. Racine and Theodore J. Joyce). The Future of Children, 2, No. 2 (Winter 1992), pp. 40-57

“Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption” (with Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy). American Economic Review, 81, No. 2 (May 1991), pp. 237-241. Also published in Searching for Alternatives: Drug-Control Policy in the United States, edited by Melvyn B. Krauss and Edward P. Lazear. Stanford, California: Hoover Institution Press, 1991, pp. 77-86

“The Dynamic Relationship Between Low Birthweight and Induced Abortion in New York City: An Aggregate Time-Series Analysis” (with Theodore J. Joyce). Journal of Health Economics, 9, No. 3 (November 1990), pp. 273-288

“Unobservables, Pregnancy Resolutions, and Birthweight Production Functions in New York City” (with Theodore J. Joyce). Journal of Political Economy, 98, No. 5, Part 1 (October 1990), pp. 983-1007

“Pregnancy Wantedness and the Early Initiation of Prenatal Care” (with Theodore J. Joyce). Demography, 27, No. 1 (February 1990), pp. 1-17

“Health Benefits of Increases in Alcohol and Cigarette Taxes.” British Journal of Addiction, 84, No. 10 (October 1989), pp. 1193-1204

“An Assessment of the Benefits of Air Pollution Control: The Case of Infant Health” (with Theodore J. Joyce and Fred Goldman). Journal of Urban Economics, 25, No. 1 (January 1989), pp. 32-51

“Effects of Alcoholic Beverage Prices and Legal Drinking Ages on Youth Alcohol Use” (with Douglas Coate). Journal of Law and Economics, 31, No. 1 (April 1988), pp. 145-171

“A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Strategies to Reduce Infant Mortality” (with Theodore J. Joyce and Hope Corman). Medical Care, 26, No. 4 (April 1988), pp. 348-360

“The Impact of Public Health Policy: The Case of Community Health Centers” (with Fred Goldman). Eastern Economic Journal, 14, No. 1 (January-March 1988), pp. 63-72

“Change in Alcoholic Beverage Prices and Legal Drinking Ages: Effects on Youth Alcohol Use and Motor Vehicle Mortality (with Douglas Coate). Alcohol Health and Research World, 12 No. 1 (Fall 1987), pp. 22-25

“Birth Outcome Production Functions in the U.S.” (with Hope Corman and Theodore J. Joyce). Journal of Human Resources, 22, No. 3 (Summer 1987), pp. 339-360

“Drinking Age Laws and Highway Mortality Rates: Cause and Effect” (with Henry Saffer). Economic Inquiry, 25, No. 3 (July 1987), pp. 403-418

“Beer Taxes, the Legal Drinking Age, and Youth Motor Vehicle Fatalities” (with Henry Saffer). Journal of Legal Studies, 16, No. 2 (June 1987), pp. 351-374

“Determinants of Neonatal Mortality Rates in the U.S.: A Reduced Form Model” (with Hope Corman). Journal of Health Economics, 4, No. 3 (September 1985), pp. 213-236

“Income and Race Differences in Children’s Health in the Mid-1960’s” (with Linda N. Edwards). Medical Care, 20, No. 9 (September 1982), pp. 915-930

“Government and Health Outcomes.” American Economic Review, 72, No. 2 (May 1982), pp. 191-195

“The Effects of Government Regulation on Teenage Smoking” (with Eugene M. Lewit and Douglas Coate). Journal of Law and Economics, 24, No. 3 (December 1981), pp. 545-569

“Variations in Infant Mortality Rates among Counties of the United States: The Roles of Public Policies and Programs” (with Steven Jacobowitz). Demography, 18, No. 4 (November 1981), pp. 695-713

“The Demand for Pediatric Care: An Hedonic Approach” (with Fred Goldman). Journal of Political Economy, 86, No. 2, Part I (April 1978), pp. 259-280

“Determinants of Pediatric Care Utilization” (with Ann D. Colle). Journal of Human Resources, 13, Supplement (1978), pp. 115-158

“A Survey of Recent Research in Health Economics.” The American Economist, 21, No. 1 (Spring 1977), pp. 14-20

“Intersectoral Shifts and Aggregate Productivity Change” (with Victor R. Fuchs). Annals of Economic and Social Measurement: NBER Journal of Computers, Information Retrieval, and Research Methodology, 2, No. 3 (July 1973), pp. 227-243. Also published in Proceedings of the Business and Economics Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, 1972

“Unemployment and Consumption: Note” American Economic Review, 63, No. 1 (March 1973), pp. 208-213

“On the Concept of Health Capital and the Demand for Health.” Journal of Political Economy, 80, No. 2 (March/April 1972), pp. 223-255