TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Rationalizing self-defeating behaviors: theory and evidence
JO  - Journal of health economics
A1  - Lefgren, Lars J.
A1  - Stoddard, Olga B.
A1  - Stovall, John E.
SP  - e102407
EP  - e102407
VL  - 76
IS  - 
N2  - Why do individuals engage in self-defeating behaviors like self-harm, addiction, and risky sexual behaviors? Why do they experience the apathy of depression or inaction  when trapped by multiple competing problems? We propose a framework for explaining  these and other related behaviors based on the insight that individuals can only  experience a limited number of latent stimuli to which they are exposed. We conduct  an experiment to test this model and find that more than two thirds of the subjects  behave consistent with our theoretical framework.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0167-6296
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102407
ID  - ref1
ER  -