Rationally addicted to drinking and smoking?

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-381

  Bask, Mikael ^a   Melkersson, Maria ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ELASTICITY; SMOKING;

EID: 1842535096     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840410001674295     Document Type: Article

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