Economic and behavioral factors in an individual's decision to take the influenza vaccination in Japan

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 594-602

  Tsutsui, Yoshiro ^a   Benzion, Uri ^b,c   Shahrabani, Shosh ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c THE MAX STERN YEZREEL VALLEY COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Influenza; Japan; Survey; Time preference; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862249646     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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