A note on optimal paternalism and health capital subsidies

Economics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-242

  Aronsson, Thomas ^a   Thunström, Linda ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health; Quasi hyperbolic discounting; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549117776     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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