Learning about individual risk and the decision to smoke

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 683-699

  Khwaja, Ahmed ^a   Sloan, Frank ^b,c   Chung, Sukyung ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette regulation; Health information and learning; Mortality risk

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE FILTERS; HEALTH HAZARDS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL; SMOKE;

CIGARETTE REGULATION; HEALTH INFORMATION AND LEARNING; MORTALITY RISK;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33744526657     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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