Happiness as a Driver of Risk-avoiding Behaviour: Theory and an Empirical Study of Seatbelt Wearing and Automobile Accidents

Governments try to discourage risky health behaviours, yet such behaviours are bewilderingly persistent. We suggest a new conceptual approach to this puzzle. We show that expected utility theory predicts that unhappy people will be attracted to risk-taking. Using US seatbelt data, we document eviden...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Economica. - London School of Economics and Political Science, 1921. - 81(2014), 324, Seite 674-697
1. Verfasser:	Goudie, Robert J. B. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Mukherjee, Sach, de Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Oswald, Andrew J., Wu, Stephen
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Economica
Schlagworte:	Philosophy Behavioral sciences Economics Health sciences Information science Biological sciences