Smoking and Social Interaction

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dc.contributor.author	Poutvaara, Panu	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Siemers, Lars	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:28:17Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:28:17Z
dc.date.issued	2007-12-04T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7702
dc.description.abstract	We study the social interaction of non-smokers and smokers as a sequential game, incorporating insights from social psychology and experimental economics into an economic model. Social norms a®ect human behavior such that non-smokers do not ask smokers to stop smoking and stay with them, even though disutility from smoking exceeds utility from social interaction. Overall, smoking is unduly often accepted when accommodating smoking is the social norm. The introduction of smoking and non-smoking areas does not overcome this speci¯c ine±ciency. We conclude that smoking bans may represent a required (second-best) policy. smoking policy, health, social norms, guilt aversion, social interaction	en_US
dc.format.extent	31 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Discussion paper;2007-14	en_US
dc.title	Smoking and Social Interaction	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt07dec04 nijemo	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Centre for Economic and Business Research	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	CEBR	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Centre for Economic and Business Research	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	CEBR	en_US
dc.idnumber	x656555520	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2007	en_US