"Costa-i-Font, Joan"

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Costa-i-Font, Joan, Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina, McDonald, James Ted and Variyam, Jayachandran N. (2013) Understanding healthy lifestyles: the role of choice and the environment. Applied economic perspectives and policy, 35 (1). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2040-5790

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Jofre-Bonet, Mireia (2013) Anorexia, body image and peer effects: evidence from a sample of European women. Economica, 80 (317). pp. 44-64. ISSN 0013-0427

Costa-Font, Joan, McGuire, Alistair and Stanley, Tom (2013) Publication selection in health policy research: the winner's curse hypothesis. Health policy, 109 (1). pp. 78-87. ISSN 0168-8510

Costa-Font, Joan (2013) Housing-related well-being in older people: the impact of environmental and financial influences. Urban studies, 50 (4). pp. 657-673. ISSN 0042-0980

Costa-Font, Joan, Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Rubio, Dolores Jiménez (2013) Income inequalities in unhealthy life styles in England and Spain. Economics & human biology . ISSN 1570-677X (In Press)

Rudisill, Caroline, Costa-i-Font, Joan and Mossialos, Elias (2012) Behavioral adjustment to avian flu in Europe during spring 2006: the roles of knowledge and proximity to risk. Social science & medicine, 75 (8). pp. 1362-1371. ISSN 0277-9536

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2012) Myths of health care decentralization. Journal of health services research & policy, 17 (4). pp. 252-253. ISSN 1355-8196

Varol, Nebibe, Costa-i-Font, Joan and McGuire, Alistair (2012) Does adoption of pharmaceutical innovation respond to changes in the regulatory environment? Applied economic perspectives and policy, 34 (3). pp. 531-553. ISSN 2040-5790

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Karlsson, Martin and van den Berg, Bernard (2012) Redesigning long-term care finance and delivery. Applied economic perspectives and policy, 34 (2). pp. 215-219. ISSN 2040-5790

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Sato, Azusa (2012) Health systems futures: the challenges of technology, prevention and insurance. Futures, 44 (7). pp. 696-703. ISSN 0016-3287

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina (2012) Measuring Inequalities in Health: What do we Know? What do we need to Know? Health Policy, 106 (2). pp. 195-206. ISSN 0168-8510

Costa-Font, Joan, McGuire, Alistair and Serra-Sastre, Victoria (2012) The “Weisbrod Quadrilemma” revisited: insurance incentives on new health technologies. The Geneva papers on risk and insurance issues and practice, 37 (4). pp. 678-695. ISSN 1018-5895

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2011) Behavioural welfare economics: does 'behavioural optimality' matter? CESifo economic studies, 57 (4). pp. 551-559. ISSN 1612-7501

Costa-Font, Joan and Gemmill Toyama, Marin (2011) Does cost sharing really reduce inappropriate prescriptions among the elderly? Health policy, 101 (2). pp. 195-208. ISSN 0168-8510

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Gemmill, Marin and Rubert, Gloria (2011) Biases in the healthcare luxury good hypothesis?: a meta-regression analysis. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, series A, 174 (1). pp. 95-107. ISSN 0964-1998

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Costa-Font, Montserrat (2011) Explaining optimistic old age disability and longevity expectations. Social indicators research, 104 (3). pp. 533-544. ISSN 0303-8300

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and McGuire, Alistair (2011) Persistence despite action? Measuring the patterns of health inequality in England (1997–2007). Health Policy, 103 (2-3). pp. 149-159. ISSN 0168-8510

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Salvador-Carulla, Luis, Cabases, Juan, Alonso, Jordi and McDaid, David (2011) Tackling neglect and mental health reform in a devolved system of welfare governance. Journal of social policy, 40 . pp. 295-312. ISSN 1469-7823

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2010) Devolution, diversity and welfare reform: long-term care in the ‘Latin Rim’. Social policy & administration, 44 (4). pp. 481-494. ISSN 0144-5596

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2010) Does devolution lead to regional inequalities in welfare activity? Environment and planning c: government and policy, 28 (3). pp. 435-449. ISSN 0263-774X

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2010) Book review: the politics of European Union health policies. Journal of European social policy, 20 (2). p. 170. ISSN 1461-7269

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Gil, Joan and Mascarilla-Miró, Oscar (2010) Housing wealth and housing decisions in old age: sale and reversion. Housing studies, 25 (3). pp. 375-395. ISSN 0267-3037

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2010) Book review: territory, democracy and justice: regionalism and federalism in western democracies. Regional studies, 44 (1). p. 135. ISSN 0034-3404

Breyer, Frederich, Costa-Font, Joan and Felder, Stefan (2010) Ageing, health, and health care. Oxford review of economic policy, 26 (4). pp. 674-690. ISSN 0266-903X

Banting, Keith and Costa-i-Font, Joan (2010) Decentralization, welfare, and social citizenship in contemporary democracies. Environment and planning c: government and policy, 28 (3). pp. 381-388. ISSN 0263-774X

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Fabbri, Daniele and Gil, Joan (2010) Decomposing cross-country differences in levels of obesity and overweight: does the social environment matter? Social science and medicine, 70 (8). pp. 1185-1193. ISSN 0277-9536

Costa-Font, Joan (2010) Family ties and the crowding out of long-term care insurance. Oxford review of economic policy, 26 (4). pp. 691-712. ISSN 0266-903X

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Mascarilla-Miró, O. and Elvira, D. (2009) Ageing in place? An examination of elderly people housing preferences in Spain. Urban studies, 46 (2). pp. 295-316. ISSN 1360-063X

López Casasnovas, Guillem, McDaid, David and Costa-i-Font, Joan (2009) Decentralisation and management autonomy?: evidence from the Catalonian hospital sector in a decentralised Spain. International public management review, 10 (2). pp. 103-119. ISSN 1662-1387

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Fabbri, Daniele and Gil, Joan (2009) Decomposing body mass index gaps between Mediterranean countries: a counterfactual quantile regression analysis. Economics and human biology, 7 . pp. 351-365. ISSN 1670-677X

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2009) Do incentives, complexity and the demand for leisure explain caesarean-section deliveries? International journal of social economics, 36 (9). pp. 906-915. ISSN 0306-8293

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Mossialos, Elias and Rudisill, Caroline (2009) Optimism and the perceptions of new risks. Journal of risk research, 12 (1). pp. 27-41. ISSN 1366-9877

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Mossialos, Elias and Rudisill, Caroline (2009) When is the Internet a valued communication device for health information in Europe? Economics of innovation and new technology, 18 (5). pp. 429-445. ISSN 1043-8599

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil, Joan (2008) Would socio-economic inequalities in depression fade away with income transfers? Journal of happiness studies, 9 (4). pp. 539-558. ISSN 1389-4978

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Rudisill, Caroline and Mossialos, Elias (2008) Attitudes as an expression of knowledge and 'political anchoring': the case of nuclear power in the United Kingdom. Risk analysis, 28 (5). pp. 1273-1283. ISSN 1539-6924

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Garcia-Gonzalez, Anna and Font-Vilalta, Montserrat (2008) Relative income and attitudes towards long-term care financing. Geneva papers on risk and insurance, 33 (4). pp. 673-693. ISSN 1018-5895

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Mladovsky, Philipa (2008) Social capital and the social formation of health-related preferences and behaviours. Health economics, policy and law, 3 (04). pp. 413-427. ISSN 1744-1331

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2008) Housing assets and the socio-economic determinants of health and disability in old age. Health and place, 14 (3). pp. 478-491. ISSN 1353-8292

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Jofre-Bonet, Mireia (2008) Is there a 'secession of the wealthy'?: private health insurance uptake and National Health System support. Bulletin of economic research, 60 (3). pp. 265-287. ISSN 0307-3378

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Wittenberg, Raphael, Patxot, Concepció, Comas-Herrera, Adelina, Gori, Cristiano, di Maio, Alessandra, Pickard, Linda, Pozzi, Alessandro and Rothgang, Heinz (2008) Projecting long-term care expenditure in four European Union member states: the influence of demographic scenarios. Social indicators research, 86 (2). pp. 303-321. ISSN 0303-8300

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rovira-Forns, Joan (2008) Who is willing to pay for long-term care insurance in Catalonia? Health policy, 86 (1). pp. 72-84. ISSN 0168-8510

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil Transfi, Joan (2008) Generational effects and gender height dimorphism in contemporary Spain. Economics and human biology, 6 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1670-677X

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil, J. (2008) What lies behind socio-economic inequalities in obesity in Spain: a decomposition approach. Food policy, 33 (1). pp. 61-73. ISSN 0306-9192

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Moscone, Francesco (2008) The impact of decentralization and inter-territorial interactions on Spanish health expenditure. Empirical economics, 34 (1). pp. 167-184. ISSN 0377-7332

Kanavos, Panos, Costa-i-Font, Joan and Seeley, Elizabeth (2008) Competition in off-patent drug markets: issues, regulation and evidence. Economic policy, 23 (55). pp. 499-544. ISSN 0266-4658

Aspachs, Oriol, Clots-Figueres, Irma, Costa-i-Font, Joan and Massella, Paolo (2008) Compulsory language educational policies and identity formation. Journal of European Economic Association, 6 (2-3). pp. 434-444. ISSN 1542-4766

Mossialos, Elias, Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rudisill, Caroline (2008) Does organ donation legislation affect individuals' willingness to donate their own or their relative's organs?: evidence from European Union survey data. BMC health services research, 8 (48). ISSN 1472-6963

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Puig-Junoy, Jaume (2007) Institutional change, innovation and regulation failure: evidence from the Spanish drug market. Policy and politics, 35 (4). pp. 701-718. ISSN 0305-5736

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Kanavos, Panos and Rovira-Forns, Joan (2007) Determinants of out-of-pocket pharmaceutical expenditure and access to drugs in Catalonia. Applied economics, 39 (5). pp. 541-551. ISSN 0003-6846

Gemmill, Marin, Costa-i-Font, Joan and McGuire, Alistair (2007) In search of a corrected prescription drug elasticity estimate: a meta-regression approach. Health economics, 16 (6). pp. 627-643. ISSN 1057-9230

Pickard, Linda, Comas-Herrera, Adelina, Costa-i-Font, Joan, Gori, Cristiano, di Maio, Alessandra, Patxot, Concepció, Pozzi, Alessandro, Rothgang, Heinz and Wittenberg, Raphael (2007) Modelling an entitlement to long-term care services for older people in Europe: projection for long-term care expenditure to 2050. Journal of European social policy, 17 (1). pp. 33-48. ISSN 0958-9287

Kanavos, Panos, Costa-i-Font, Joan and McGuire, Alistair (2007) Product differentiation, competition and regulation of new drugs: the case of statins in four European countries. Managerial and decision economics, 28 (4-5). pp. 455-465. ISSN 1099-1468

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Pons-Novell, J (2007) Public health expenditure and spatial interactions in a decentralized national health system. Health economics, 16 (3). pp. 291-306. ISSN 1057-9230

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Jofre-Bonet, Mireia (2006) Are private health insurance subscribers unsatisfied with the Spanish National Health System? Geneva papers on risk and insurance, 31 (4). pp. 650-668. ISSN 1018-5895

Gemmill, Marin, Costa-i-Font, Joan and Kanavos, Panos (2006) Insurance coverage and the heterogeneity of health and drug spending in the United States. Geneva papers on risk and insurance, 31 (4). pp. 669-691. ISSN 1018-5895

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Mascarilla-Miró, Oscar and Elvira, David (2006) Means testing and the heterogeneity of housing assets: funding long-term care in Spain. Social policy & administration, 40 (5). pp. 543-559. ISSN 0144-5596

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rico, A. (2006) Vertical competition in the Spanish National Health System (NHS). Public choice, 128 (3-4). pp. 477-498. ISSN 1573-7101

Comas-Herrera, Adelina, Wittenberg, Raphael, Gori, Cristiano, Costa-i-Font, Joan, di Maio, Alessandra, Patxot, Concepció, Pickard, Linda, Pozzi, Alessandro and Rothgang, Heinz (2006) Future long-term care expenditure in Germany, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom. Ageing and society, 26 (2). pp. 285-302. ISSN 1469-1779

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rico, A. (2006) Devolution and the interregional inequalities in health and healthcare in Spain. Regional studies, 40 (8). pp. 1-13. ISSN 0034-3404

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rodriguez-Oreggia, Eduardo (2006) Path dependency and the allocation of public investment in Mexico. Environment and planning C : government and policy, 24 (2). pp. 297-311. ISSN 0263-774X

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil, Joan (2006) Revisiting the ‘fat and jolly’ hypothesis: socio-environmental determinants of obesity and depression in Spain. Socio-economic review, 4 (3). pp. 513-542. ISSN 1475-1461

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Mossialos, Elias (2006) Which policies effectively enable smoking cessation? Evidence from the European Union. International journal of social economics, 33 (1). pp. 77-100. ISSN 0306-8293

Kanavos, Panos and Costa-i-Font, Joan (2005) Pharmaceutical parallel trade in Europe: stakeholders and competition effects. Economic policy, 20 (44). pp. 751-798. ISSN 0266-4658

Lopez-Casasnovas, Guillem, Costa-i-Font, Joan and Planas, Ivan (2005) Diversity and regional inequalities in the Spanish system of health care services. Health economics, 14 (S1). pp. 221-235. ISSN 1057-9230

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rodriguez-Oreggia, Eduardo (2005) Is the impact of public investment neutral across the regional income distribution?: evidence from Mexico. Economic geography, 81 (3). pp. 305-322. ISSN 0013-0095

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil, Joan (2005) Obesity and the incidence of chronic diseases in Spain: a seemingly unrelated probit approach. Economics and human biology, 3 (2). pp. 188-214. ISSN 1670-677X

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rodriguez-Oreggia, Eduardo (2005) Trade and the effect of public investment on regional inequalities in heterogeneously integrated areas. The world economy, 28 (6). pp. 873-892. ISSN 0378-5920

Mossialos, Elias, Costa-i-Font, Joan, Davaki, Konstantina and Karras, Konstantinos (2005) Is there 'patient selection' in the demand for private maternity care in Greece? Applied economics letters, 12 (1). pp. 7-12. ISSN 1350-4851

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rovira, Joan (2005) Eliciting preferences for collectively financed health programmes: the 'willingness to assign' approach. Applied economics, 37 (14). pp. 1571-1583. ISSN 0003-6846

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2005) Inequalities in self reported health within Spanish regional health services: devolution re-examined? International journal of health planning and management, 20 (1). pp. 41-52. ISSN 0749-6753

Rico, Ana and Costa-i-Font, Joan (2005) Power rather than path dependency?: The dynamics of institutional change under health care federalism. Journal of health politics, policy and law, 30 (1). pp. 231-252. ISSN 0361-6878

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil Transfi, Joan (2004) Social interactions and the contemporaneous determinants of individuals’ weight. Applied economics, 36 (20). pp. 2253-2263. ISSN 0003-6846

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Font-Vilalta, Montserrat (2004) Preference for National Health Service use and the demand for private health insurance in Spain. Geneva papers on risk and insurance, 29 (4). pp. 705-718. ISSN 1018-5895

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Patxot, Concepció (2004) The intergenerational impact of long-term care financing alternatives in Spain. The Geneva papers of risk and insurance, 29 (4). pp. 599-619. ISSN 1554-964X

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Rodriguez-Oreggia, Eduardo and Lunapla, Dario (2003) Political competition and pork-barrel politics in the allocation of public investment in Mexico. Public choice, 116 (1-2). pp. 185-204. ISSN 0048-5829

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Garcia, Jaume (2003) Demand for private health insurance: how important is the quality gap? Health economics, 12 (7). pp. 587-599. ISSN 1057-9230

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Tremosa, R (2003) Spanish regions and the macroeconomic benefits of the European monetary union. Regional studies, 37 (3). pp. 219-228. ISSN 0034-3404

Rovira, Joan, Kip Viscusi, W., Antoñanzas, Fernando, Costa-i-Font, Joan, Hart, Warren and Carvalho, Irineu (2000) Smoking risks in Spain: part II — perceptions of environmental tobacco smoke externalities. Journal of risk and uncertainty, 21 (2-3). pp. 187-212. ISSN 0895-5646

Book Section

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2006) Pricing and reimbursement policies in Spain: current and future trends. In: Garau, Martina and Mestre-Ferrandiz, Jorge, (eds.) European medicines pricing and reimbursement : now and the future. Radcliffe Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 79-94. ISBN 9781846191848

Monograph

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Mas, Núria and Navarro, Patricia (2013) Globesity: is globalization a pathway to obesity? LSE Health working paper series in health policy and economics , 31/2013. LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina (2013) Inequalities in self-reported health: a meta-regression analysis. LSE Health working paper series in health policy and economics , 32/2013. LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil, Joan (2013) Intergenerational and socioeconomic gradients of childhood obesity. LSE Health working paper series in health policy and economics , 30/2013. LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2012) Fiscal federalism and European health system decentralization: a perspective. LSE Europe in question disscussion paper series, 55/2012. European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Jofre-Bonet, Mireia and Yen, Steven T. (2012) Not all incentives wash out the warm glow: the case of blood donation revisited. CEP discussion papers, CEPDP1157. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Jiménez-Rubio, Dolores (2012) Do income gradients in unhealthy behaviours explain patterns of health inequalities? LSE Health working paper series in health policy and economics , 29/2012. LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Sato, Azusa and Costa-i-Font, Joan (2012) Does culture matter at all in explaining why people still use traditional medicines? LSE Health working papers, 27. LSE Health, London, UK.

Sato, Azusa and Costa-i-Font, Joan (2012) The hedonic placebo effect of traditional medicines. LSE Health working papers, 28. LSE Health, London, UK.

Costa-i-Font, Joan, McGuire, Alistair and Stanley, Tom (2012) Publication selection in health policy research: the winner’s curse hypothesis. LSE Health working papers, 25/2012. LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Cowell, Frank (2012) Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. Public Economics Programme discussion papers, PEP 15. The Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Jofre-Bonet, Mireia (2011) Anorexia, body image and peer effects: evidence from a sample of European women (discussion paper). CEP discussion paper, 1098. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Costa-Font, Joan, Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Jiménez Rubio, Dolores (2011) Should we be concerned about income inequalities in unhealthy life styles? IEF working paper, Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, Madrid, Spain. (Unpublished)

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gemmill-Toyama, Marin (2010) Does cost sharing really reduce inappropriate prescriptions? CESifo working paper, no. 3002. CESifo Group, Munich, Germany.

Costa-Font, Joan and Jofre-Bonet, Mireia (2009) Body image, peer effects and food disorders: evidence from a sample of European women. The LSE Health working papers, 15/2009. LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 9780853280088

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Fabbri, Daniele and Gil, Joan (2008) Decomposing cross-country differences in levels of obesity and overweight: does the social environment matter? LSE Health working papers, 12/2008. LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 9780853280057

López, Guillem, McDaid, David and Costa-i-Font, Joan (2006) Health care management autonomy: Evidence from the catalonian hospital sector in a decentralised Spain. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.

Rovira, Joan, Kip Viscusi, W., Antoñanzas, Fernando, Costa-i-Font, Joan, Hart, Warren and Carvalho, Irineu (2000) Smoking risks in Spain: part II - perceptions of environmental tobacco smoke externalities. Economics and Business Discussion Paper, 305. Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA., USA.

Book

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Greer, Scott, eds. (2012) Federalism and decentralization in European health and social care. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230285248

McGuire, Alistair and Costa-i-Font, Joan, eds. (2012) The LSE companion to health policy. Elgar original reference . Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 9781781004234

Costa-i-Font, Joan, ed. (2012) Europe and the Mediterranean economy. Routledge studies in the European economy . Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415667654

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Courbage, Christophe , eds. (2011) Financing long-term care in Europe: institutions, markets and models. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230249462

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2011) Reforming long term care in Europe. Wiley-Blackwell, London, UK. ISBN 9781444338737

Costa-i-Font, Joan, Courbage, Christophe and McGuire, Alistair, eds. (2009) The economics of new health technologies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199550685

Website

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2012) Sunday’s election confirms that a majority of Catalans support independence, but there are deep divisions over what an independent Catalonia should look like. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (28 Nov 2012) Blog Entry.

Costa-Font, Joan, Jofre-Bonet, Mireia and Yen, Steven T. (2012) Non-monetary rewards could be used to incentivise blood donation. British Politics and Policy at LSE (13 Aug 2012) Blog Entry.

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2012) The centralisation of education funding and the new health reforms are inconsistent with localism and accountable government. British Politics and Policy at LSE (09 Apr 2012) Blog Entry.

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Jofre-Bonet , Mireia (2012) Government intervention would be justified to prevent a potential epidemic of food disorders. British Politics and Policy at LSE (08 Mar 2012) Blog Entry.

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2012) A better understanding of the behavioural constraints that people face will help policy makers to more effectively target public policy interventions that aim to change their actions. British Politics and Policy at LSE (02 Feb 2012) Blog Entry.