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The effect of peer observation on consumption choices : experimental evidence
Sakha, Sahra; Grohmann, Antonia - 2016
This paper investigates the impact of peer observation on the consumption decisions of rural households in Thailand using a lab-in-the-field experiment. We find that those groups that observe each other show lower within group standard deviation in their decisions. Thus, we find evidence for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434386
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The effect of peer observation on consumption choices experimental evidence
Grohmann, Antonia; Sakha, Sahra - 2015 - Updated version
This paper investigates the impact of peer observation on consumption decisions of rural households in Thailand using a lab-in-the-field experiment. We find that observing groups show lower within group standard deviation. Thus, we provide evidence for conformity. Further, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012041128
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The effect of peer observation on consumption choices : experimental evidence
Grohmann, Antonia; Sakha, Sahra - 2015
This paper investigates the impact of peer observation on the consumption decisions of rural households in Thailand using a lab-in-the-field experiment. We find that those groups that observe each other show lower within group standard deviation in their decisions. Thus, we find evidence for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392209
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Consumption peer effects and utility needs in India
Lewbel, Arthur; Norris, Samuel; Pendakur, Krishna; Qu, Xi - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 3, pp. 1257-1295
We construct a peer effects model where mean expenditures of consumers in one's peer group affect utility through perceived consumption needs. We provide a novel method for obtaining identification in social interactions models like ours, using ordinary survey data, where very few members of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013382077
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The effect of noncognitive traits on health behaviours in adolescence
Mendolia, Silvia; Walker, Ian - In: Health economics 23 (2014) 9, pp. 1146-1158
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307849
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Dynamics and peer effects of brand revenue in college sports
Liu, Zhuping; Duan, Jason A.; Mahajan, Vijay - In: International journal of research in marketing : IJRM ; … 37 (2020) 4, pp. 756-771
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494714
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Biased health perceptions and risky health behaviors : theory and evidence
Arni, Patrick; Dragone, Davide; Götte, Lorenz; … - 2020
This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. We define absolute and relative health perception biases, illustrate their measurement in surveys and provide evidence on their relevance. Next, we decompose the theoretical effect into its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219501
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Biased health perceptions and risky health behaviors : theory and evidence
Arni, Patrick; Dragone, Davide; Götte, Lorenz; … - 2020
This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. We define absolute and relative health perception biases, illustrate their measurement in surveys and provide evidence on their relevance. Next, we decompose the theoretical effect into its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228534
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Seasonality in smoking behaviour : re-evaluating the effects of the 2005 public smoking ban in Italy
Del Bono, Emilia; Grünberger, Klaus; Vuri, Daniela - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of the public smoking ban which came into effect in Italy on January 2005 on … individual smoking behaviour. Current empirical evidence supports the existence of a negative effect of the Italian ban on … smoking prevalence and consumption in the general population. This is in contrast to what has been found in some other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436572
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One last puff? : public smoking bans and smoking behavior
Anger, Silke; Kvasnicka, Michael; Siedler, Thomas - 2010
This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008 …, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in … the timing of state bans to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals' smoking propensity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824844