The causal effect of a health treatment on beliefs, stated preferences and memories
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2024.102864
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- Prati, Alberto & Saucet, Charlotte, 2024. "The causal effect of a health treatment on beliefs, stated preferences and memories," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
- Prati, Alberto & Saucet, Charlotte, 2024. "The causal effect of a health treatment on beliefs, stated preferences and memories," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 122150, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Alberto Prati & Charlotte Saucet, 2024. "The causal effect of a health treatment on beliefs, stated preferences and memories," Economics Series Working Papers 1031, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
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- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2024-04-15 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2024-04-15 (Health Economics)
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