Social interactions are generally thought to play an important role in smoking initiation among adolescents. In this … paper we exploit detailed friendship nominations in the US Add Health data, and extend the Spatial Autoregressive Model (SAR … endogenous peer effect. We show that peer effects in the uptake of smoking are predominantly affecting individuals who are …

Our paper investigates the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking initiation in eleven European countries. We … find that none of these tobacco control policies influence smoking initiation. … analyze longitudinal data of individuals by using information about their age of onset of smoking. We apply hazard rate models …

This study analyses 1400 research projects of the top 20 R&D-spending pharmaceuticals to identify the determinants of … successful research projects. We provide clear evidence that externally sourced projects and projects involving biotechnologies … enables the same people to be involved in both external and internal research projects and apply externally generated …

This paper describes a classroom experiment that illustrates the research and development investment incentives facing … decisions then production decisions. The classroom game can be used to motivate discussions of research joint ventures, the free …-rider problem, collusion, and antitrust policy regarding research and development. …

Biased longevity expectations will lead to suboptimal decisions regarding saving, retirement, annuitization and health … explain heterogeneity in economic behaviour by education and cognitive functioning. Analysis of eight waves of the US Health …

Rapid urbanization could have positive and negative health effects, such that the net impact on population health is … and individual level longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey to estimate the net health impact of … to identify the treatment effect of urbanization on the self-assessed health of individuals. The results reveal important …