Framing obesity in economic theory and policy

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-179

  Mann, Stefan ^a  

^a Swiss Agricultural Research Station   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health economics; Second order preferences; Welfare economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749146247     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760701668461     Document Type: Review

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