Graduation Year
2018
Date of Submission
12-2017
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
David Bjerk
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© 2018 Grace K. Bailey
OCLC Record Number
1085547851
Abstract
This paper conducts an analysis of county level data to determine the effect of fast food restaurants on type 2 diabetes rates. Due to endogeneity concerns with respect to the location of fast food restaurants, this paper follows the work of Dunn (2010) and uses the number of interstate exits in a given county to serve as an instrument for fast food restaurants. The strength of the instrument, which is theoretically and empirically tested in this paper, imposes some restraints on the interpretation of the findings. Using the Two-Stage Least Squares estimation method, I find that the presence of fast food restaurants has a positive and statistically significant effect on type 2 diabetes rates at the county level.
Recommended Citation
Bailey, Grace, "The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Type 2 Diabetes Rates" (2018). CMC Senior Theses. 1819.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1819
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