A prolegomenon to behavioral economic studies of suicide

Handbook of Contemporary Behavioral Economics: Foundations and Developments

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 543-559

  Yang, Bijou ^a   Lester, David ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315703879-41     Document Type: Chapter

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