Who wants paternalism?

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 66, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S147-S166

  Pedersen, Sofie Kragh ^a   Koch, Alexander K ^a   Nafziger, Julia ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Commitment; Paternalism; Political attitudes; Regulation; Self control

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STUDENT;

EID: 84921534219     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: 14678586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boer.12030     Document Type: Article

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