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When to Quit Under Uncertainty? A real options approach to smoking cessation
Chen, Yu-Fu; Petrie, Dennis - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
This paper models the decision to quit smoking like an investment decision where the quitter incurs a sunk withdrawal … quit open as they learn more about the damage that smoking will have on their future utility. Policies which reduce a … smoker’s uncertainty about the damage that smoking with have on their future utility is likely to make them quit earlier. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878988
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When to Quit Under Uncertainty? A real options approach to smoking cessation
Chen, Yu-Fu; Petrie, Dennis - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
This paper models the decision to quit smoking like an investment decision where the quitter incurs a sunk withdrawal … quit open as they learn more about the damage that smoking will have on their future utility. Policies which reduce a … smoker’s uncertainty about the damage that smoking with have on their future utility is likely to make them quit earlier. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010879001
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Changes in Food, Alcohol and Cigarettes Consumption during Transition: Evidence from Russia
Herzfeld, Thomas; Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Oskam, Arie J.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
This paper examines the changes in nutritional behavior of Russian adults over the ten-year transition period, between 1994 and 2004. We present evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on changes in fat, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on...
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