Attention, intentions, and follow-through in preventive health behavior: Field experimental evidence on flu vaccination

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 270-291

  Bronchetti, Erin Todd ^a   Huffman, David B ^b,c   Magenheim, Ellen ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Experiment; Inattention; Self control problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929583361     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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