Does legal heritage affect obesity? The channel of motor vehicle dependence

► We examine 1990–2005 data on per capita motor vehicle ownership, obesity and legal heritage. ► Motor vehicle ownership and obesity are strongly associated in common law but not civil law countries. ► This effect is robust to a variety of cross-section and panel data econometric methods. ► Our find...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Comparative Economics 2013-05, Vol.41 (2), p.621-633
Hauptverfasser:	Carlin, Paul S., Kidd, Michael P., Ulubaşoğlu, Mehmet A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Civil law Common law Correlation analysis Econometric models Legal aspects Motor vehicles Obesity OECD Ownership Panel data Vehicles
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