Improving Prevention Compliance through Appropriate Incentives: Theoretical Modelling and Empirical Evidence

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-106

  Schneider, Udo ^a   Zerth, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Hospital hallerwiese cnopf'Sche Kinderklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

C23; D82; hazard model; I12; incentives in prevention; information distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876528842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22356282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03399342     Document Type: Article

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