Self discrimination: A field experiment on obesity
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- Antonios Proestakisy & Pablo Branas-Garza & Praveen Kujal, 2014. "Self discrimination: A field experiment on obesity," Working Papers 14-13, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
- Pablo Brañas-Garza & Antonios Proestakis, 2010. "Self-discrimination: A field experiment on obesity," ThE Papers 10/18, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada..
- Pablo Brañas-Garza & Antonios Proestakis, 2011. "Self-discrimination: A field experiment on obesity," Working Papers 11-17, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
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JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2014-08-02 (All new papers)
- NEP-CBE-2014-08-02 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2014-08-02 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2014-08-02 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2014-08-02 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
- NEP-NEU-2014-08-02 (Neuroeconomics)
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