Author： Sato Masayo Ohkusa Yasushi
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
ISSN： 1466-4291
Source： Applied Economics Letters, Vol.10, Iss.5, 2003-04, pp. : 287-289
Disclaimer: Any content in publications that violate the sovereignty, the constitution or regulations of the PRC is not accepted or approved by CNPIEC.
Abstract
The paper is the first to discuss the relationship between smoking initiation and gender, time discount factor, risk aversion, and information about diseases due to smoking. The estimated results show that gender and time discount rate significantly affect smoking initiation but risk aversion and information do not. Since information does not discourage smoking initiation, public policies aimed at educating young people about the harmful effects of smoking may not be effective.
Related content
Multi-period bargaining: asymmetric information and risk aversion
Economics Letters, Vol. 72, Iss. 3, 2001-09 ,pp. :
Access to resources
Recommend
Time Horizon and the Discount Rate
By Gollier C.
Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 107, Iss. 2, 2002-12 ,pp. :
By Freeman M.
Economics Letters, Vol. 72, Iss. 2, 2001-08 ,pp. :
On risk aversion and bargaining outcomes
Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 41, Iss. 1, 2002-10 ,pp. :