Understanding healthy lifestyles: The role of choice and the environment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Font, Joan Costa ^a,b   Hernández Quevedo, Cristina ^a   McDonald, James Ted ^c   Variyam, Jayachandran N ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

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EID: 84874130322     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/pps051     Document Type: Editorial

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