Risk and Rationality : Effects of contextual risk and cognitive dissonance on (sexual) incentives

Risk and Rationality : Effects of contextual risk and cognitive dissonance on (sexual) incentives

Paper [I] theoretically analyzes how the level and uncertainty of future prospects affect incentives to abstain from sexual risk taking in the presence of HIV. The results suggest that, for individuals with limited access to HIV treatment, uncertainty of future health may be an important factor driv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mannberg, Andréa
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi 2010
Subjects:
HIV/AIDS
Health risk
Uncertainty
Risk aversion
Self-Control
Time-inconsistency
Cognitive dissonance
Regret
Norms
Social identity
Economics
Nationalekonomi
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-34116
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7459-028-9

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http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7459-028-9

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