Social interactions are generally thought to play an important role in smoking initiation among adolescents. In this … endogenous peer effect. We show that peer effects in the uptake of smoking are predominantly affecting individuals who are … helps understanding heterogeneity in peer effects, but additionally provides a promising mechanism through which personality …

heterogeneity in peer effects with respect to personality. The results indicate that peer effects in the uptake of smoking are …Social interactions are widely recognized to play an important role in smoking initiation among adolescents. In this … uptake of smoking. We exploit detailed friendship nominations in the US Add Health data, and extend the Spatial …

Smoking is associated with high economic costs, because it increases the risk and incidence of several illnesses. A … promising instrument to reduce these costs is to decrease tobacco consumption by developing target group-oriented non-smoking … waves of the Mikrozensus, this paper portrays the smoking population in Germany to ascertain the socio …