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Overview

Henry Saffer is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, with a particular focus on economics and econometrics as well as public health-related fields such as physiology, epidemiology, and toxicology.

Saffer has contributed to the study of taxation, smoking behavior, and substance abuse through a series of published papers. Notable recent papers include:

  • E-cigarettes and adult smoking: Evidence from Minnesota (2020), Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
  • Evaluating Econometric Studies of Alcohol Advertising (2020), Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Supplement

Other relevant co-authors with whom they have collaborated frequently are:

  • Michael Grossman
  • Markus Gehrsitz
  • Daniel Dench
  • Dhaval Dave
  • Selen Ozdogan

The main fields of study associated with Saffer's work include:

  • Medicine

Within these fields, they have engaged in subfields such as:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Physiology
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Epidemiology
  • Gender Studies

The principal topics covering their research outputs are:

  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Korean Urban and Social Studies

Saffer contributes to several publication venues prominently including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
  • Journal of Public Economics
  • Addiction
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Supplement

Best Publications

  • An economic analysis of adult obesity: results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

    Shin-Yi Chou;Michael Grossman;Michael Grossman;Henry Saffer;Henry Saffer

  • The effects of price on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems

    Frank J. Chaloupka;Michael Grossman;Henry Saffer

  • The effect of tobacco advertising bans on tobacco consumption

    Henry Saffer;Frank Chaloupka

  • The Demand for Illicit Drugs

    Henry Saffer;Frank J. Chaloupka

  • Alcohol Control Policies and Motor Vehicle Fatalities

    Frank J. Chaloupka;Henry Saffer;Michelle G. Grossman

  • BEER TAXES, THE LEGAL DRINKING AGE, AND YOUTH MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES

    Henry Saffer;Michelle G. Grossman

  • Alcohol Advertising and Alcohol Consumption by Adolescents

    Henry Saffer;Dhaval Dave;Dhaval Dave

  • Effect of Televised, Tobacco Company–Funded Smoking Prevention Advertising on Youth Smoking-Related Beliefs, Intentions, and Behavior

    Melanie Wakefield;Yvonne Terry-McElrath;Sherry Emery;Henry Saffer

  • Effects of Alcohol Price Policy on Youth: A Summary of Economic Research

    Michael Grossman;Frank J. Chaloupka;Henry Saffer;Adit Laixuthai

  • Drinking age laws and highway mortality rates: cause and effect

    Henry Saffer;Michelle G. Grossman

  • Alcohol consumption and alcohol advertising bans

    Henry Saffer

  • Alcohol advertising bans and alcohol abuse: an international perspective.

    Henry Saffer

  • Mandatory Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Prescription Drug Abuse

    Anca M. Grecu;Dhaval M. Dave;Henry Saffer

  • Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Physical Activity.

    Henry Saffer;Dhaval Dave;Michael Grossman;Leigh Ann Leung

  • Alcohol advertising and youth.

    Henry Saffer

  • Televised State-Sponsored Antitobacco Advertising and Youth Smoking Beliefs and Behavior in the United States, 1999-2000

    Sherry Emery;Melanie A. Wakefield;Yvonne Terry-McElrath;Henry Saffer

  • CLEAN INDOOR AIR LAWS AND THE DEMAND FOR CIGARETTES

    Frank J. Chaloupka;Henry Saffer

  • Alcohol advertising and motor vehicle fatalities

    Henry Saffer

  • The economic analysis of substance use and abuse : an integration of econometric and behavioral economic research

    Frank J Chaloupka;Michael Grossman;Warren K Bickel;Henry Saffer

  • The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse

    Frank Chaloupka;Michael Grossman;Warren K. Bickel;Henry Saffer

  • Layoffs and unemployment insurance

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Frequent Co-Authors

Dhaval Dave
Dhaval Dave National Bureau of Economic Research
Yvonne M. Terry-McElrath
Yvonne M. Terry-McElrath University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Donald S. Kenkel
Donald S. Kenkel Cornell University
Warren K. Bickel
Warren K. Bickel Virginia Tech
Brian R. Flay
Brian R. Flay Boise State University
Sherry Emery
Sherry Emery University of Chicago
Lloyd D. Johnston
Lloyd D. Johnston University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Patrick M. O'Malley
Patrick M. O'Malley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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