Heterogeneous rates of time preference and the decision to smoke

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 959-972

  Scharff, Robert L ^a   Viscusi, W Kip ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HABIT; HISTORY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; WORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; HABITS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; WORK;

EID: 80053059697     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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