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Anticipation of deteriorating health and information avoidance

Schünemann, Johannes; Strulik, Holger; Trimborn, Timo - 2019

detrimental behavioral responses. We explore this idea in the context of endogenous health and aging. We integrate physiological … aging into a life-cycle model, calibrate it with data from gerontology, and analyze how the anticipation of a deteriorating … lifetime utility, health investments, and longevity. We then use the model to contribute to the literature on information …

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Hyperbolic discounting can be good for your health

Strulik, Holger; Trimborn, Timo - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 69 (2018), pp. 44-57

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Thinking about tomorrow? Predicting experimental choice behavior and life outcomes from a survey measure of present bias

Dovern-Pinger, Pia Rosina - 2017

Using a representative sample of the German adult population, this paper investigates the extent to which a survey measure of present bias predicts present-biased choice behavior in incentive-compatible experiments and real-world outcomes related to in-vestments in financial assets and human...

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Thinking about tomorrow? : predicting experimental choice behavior and life outcomes from a survey measure of present bias

Pinger, Pia - 2017

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Risk and Rationality - Effects of contextual risk and cognitive dissonance on (sexual) incentives

Mannberg, Andréa - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2010

The thesis consists of an introductory part and four self-contained papers. Paper [I] theoretically analyzes how the level and uncertainty of future prospects affect incentives to abstain from sexual risk taking in the presence of HIV. The results suggest that, for individuals with limited...

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Why the Rich drink more but smoke less: The Impact of Wealth on Health Behaviors

van Kippersluis, Hans; Galama, Titus J. - 2013

Wealthier individuals engage in healthier behavior. This paper seeks to explain this phenomenon by developing a theory of health behavior, and exploiting both lottery winnings and inheritances to test the theory. We distinguish between the direct monetary cost and the indirect health cost (value...

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Why the rich drink more mot smoke less : the impact of wealth on health behaviors

Kippersluis, Hans van; Galama, Titus J. - 2013

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Wealth and health behavior: Testing the concept of a health cost

van Kippersluis, Hans; Galama, Titus J. - In: European Economic Review 72 (2014) C, pp. 197-220

Wealthier individuals engage in healthier behavior. This paper seeks to explain this phenomenon by exploiting both inheritances and lottery winnings to test a theory of health behavior. We distinguish between the direct monetary cost and the indirect health cost (value of health lost) of...

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Why the Rich drink more but smoke less: The Impact of Wealth on Health Behaviors

Kippersluis, Hans van; Galama, Titus J. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

This discussion paper resulted in the publication 'Wealth and Health Behavior: Testing the Concept of a Health Cost' (2014). Volume 72, pages 197-220.<P> Wealthier individuals engage in healthier behavior. This paper seeks to explain this phenomenon by developing a theory of health behavior, and...</p>

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Human capital formation : the importance of endogenous longevity

Galama, Titus J.; Van Kippersluis, Hans - 2022

influence their own length of life (endogenous longevity). Without the ability of individuals to influence their longevity, the …

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