The economics of health and vitamin consumption

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-149

  Schroeter, Christiane ^a   Anders, Sven ^b   Carlson, Andrea ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogeneity; Healthy Eating Index 2005; Instrumental variables; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874131308     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/pps040     Document Type: Article

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