An empirical investigation of heterogeneity in time preferences and smoking behaviors

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 739-751

  Grignon, Michel ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

France; Present biased; Smoking; Taxation; Time preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349101328     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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