The relationship between individual expectations and behaviors: Mortality expectations and smoking decisions

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-201

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality hazard; Smoking; Subjective beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848875052     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-007-9019-4     Document Type: Article

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