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- David G. Blanchflower & Andrew J. Oswald & Bert Van Landeghem, 2009. "Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 7(2-3), pages 528-538, 04-05.
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Keywords
mental health; dieting; peer effects; happiness; imitation; comparisons; body mass index BMI; well-being; obesity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HAP-2009-02-28 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-HEA-2009-02-28 (Health Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2009-02-28 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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