Why smart people can make poor health choices

Hannah Altman; Morris Altman

doi:10.4337/9781802207736.000127

Why smart people can make poor health choices

Hannah Altman
, Morris Altman (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics
Editors	Swee-Hoon Chuah, Robert Hoffmann, Ananta Neelim
Place of Publication	Cheltenham
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Chapter	121
Pages	411-415
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781802207736
ISBN (Print)	9781802207729
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802207736.000127
Publication status	Published - Feb 2025

Publication series

Name	Elgar Encyclopedias in Economics and Finance series
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing

Keywords

Healthy Choices;
Neoclassical Modelling
Obese
Overweight

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Economics,Econometrics and Finance
General Business,Management and Accounting

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Why smart people can make poor health choices. / Altman, Hannah; Altman, Morris (Lead / Corresponding author).
Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics. ed. / Swee-Hoon Chuah; Robert Hoffmann; Ananta Neelim. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2025. p. 411-415 (Elgar Encyclopedias in Economics and Finance series).

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