A Note on Smoking Behavior and Health Risk Taking

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A Note on Smoking Behavior and Health Risk Taking. / Pfeifer, Christian.

in: Nordic Journal of Health Economics, Jahrgang 1, Nr. 2, 01.07.2012, S. 135-151.

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title = "A Note on Smoking Behavior and Health Risk Taking",
abstract = "This research note presents two economic frameworks to describe the relationship between individual health risk aversion and smoking behavior. Using a large-scale representative data set (GSOEP), direct empirical evidence is found that individuals, who are more health risk taking, are more likely to be smokers and have a higher demand for cigarettes smoked per day. Non-linear specifications of risk taking reveal, however, that the risk effects are only significant for high risk takers. The estimated effects hold also separately for men and women. ",
keywords = "Economics, Gender and Diversity",
author = "Christian Pfeifer",
year = "2012",
month = jul,
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doi = "10.5617/njhe.195",
language = "English",
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pages = "135--151",
journal = "Nordic Journal of Health Economics",
issn = "1892-9710",
publisher = " Universitetet i Oslo",
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