という主旨の論文をEconomic Logicが紹介している。論文のタイトルは「Why Do Americans Spend So Much More on Health Care than Europeans? – A General Equilibrium Macroeconomic Analysis」で、著者は上海大学のHui Heとヴァンダービルト大学のKevin X.D. Huang。 以下はその要旨。 Empirical evidence suggests that both leisure time and medical care are important for maintaining health. We develop a general equilibrium macroeconomic model in which taxation is a key deter