A Theory of LTR Junk-food Consumption
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Keywords
junk food; health food; relative price; relative taste; risk; natural recovery; full-capacity income; expected lifetime utility; rational consumption; health; health value;All these keywords.
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- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2003-11-23 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-EDU-2003-11-16 (Education)
- NEP-HEA-2003-11-16 (Health Economics)
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