The dow is killing me: Risky health behaviors and the stock market

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 803-821

  Cotti, Chad ^a,b   Dunn, Richard A ^c,d   Tefft, Nathan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; business cycle; cigarettes; risky health behaviors; stock market

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING MARKET; HUMAN; INCOME; MACROECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STOCK MARKET; STOCKHOLDER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WELLBEING; ADULT; AGED; BINGE DRINKING; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; BINGE DRINKING; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84930346747     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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