Are rival theories of smoking underdetermined?

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 229-251

  Goldfarb, Robert S ^a   Leonard, Thomas C ^b   Suranovic, Steven M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical Testing; Paternalism; Rational Choice Theory; Smoking; Theory Choice; Underdetermination Of Theory By Data

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645153443     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780110047291     Document Type: Article

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