## Abstract The main objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between individual time preference for health and money. To that end, we tested whether individuals discount their own health at the same rate as their own money and, similarly, whether they discount social health in the sa
Estimation of private and social time preferences for health in northern Tanzania
β Scribed by Bjarne Robberstad
- Book ID
- 113906301
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
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