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Smoking and Social Interactions

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  • Sergio Currarini

    (FEEM and University of Venice)

  • Elena Fumagalli

    (University of Venice)

  • Fabrizio Panebianco

    (University of Milan Bicocca)

Abstract

Smoking, like many health-related behaviors, has "social" aspects. The smoking habits of my neighbors are likely to shape my own smoking habits, due to what is known in economics as “peer effects”. These complementarities in behavior may result from emulation, joint consumption, conformism, incomplete information and so on. Academics and policy makers seem to universally acknowledge that the social network in which agents are embedded, take decisions and consume, is one of the key elements, together with tastes and various demographics, in determining the smoking behavior of people. This article discusses how accounting for the external effects of smoking (second-hand smoke) and for the concern that people have for their friends and relatives who are exposed to such effects, can help interpret some of the recent trends in smoking behavior, and possibly suggest how to tune anti-smoking policies.

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  • Sergio Currarini & Elena Fumagalli & Fabrizio Panebianco, 2013. "Smoking and Social Interactions," Review of Environment, Energy and Economics - Re3, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:fem:femre3:2013.05-01
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    Cited by:

    1. Francesco Feri & Paolo Pin, 2020. "Externalities Aggregation In Network Games," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 61(4), pages 1635-1658, November.

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    Keywords

    Smoking; Social Interaction; Network Effects;
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    JEL classification:

    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation

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