Conditional, Structural and Unobserved Heterogeneity: three essays on preference heterogeneity in the design of financial incentives to increase weight loss program reach

This dissertation consists of three essays on forms of preference heterogeneity in discrete choice models. The first essay uses a model of heterogeneity conditional on observed individual-specific characteristics to tailor financial incentives to enhance weight loss program participation among ta...

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Main Author: Yuan, Yuan Clara
Other Authors: Agricultural and Applied Economics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/75061