Does health affect portfolio choice?

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1441-1460

  Love, David A ^a   Smith, Paul A ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

health; household portfolios; risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 78649260993     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1562     Document Type: Article

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