Is poor fitness contagious?. Evidence from randomly assigned friends

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 657-663

  Carrell, Scott E ^a   Hoekstra, Mark ^b   West, James E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Peer effects; Physical fitness; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955031506     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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