蝌蚪网 Journal:
Applied Economics
ISSN 1945-7782 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7790 (Online)
Dynamic Implications of Subjective Expectations: Evidence from Adult Smokers
蝌蚪网 Journal: Applied Economics
vol. 6,
no. 1, January 2014
(pp. 1–37)
Abstract
We set up a dynamic discrete choice model with subjective expectations data to explain adult smokers' find important differences between subjective survival probabilities and those estimated using observed mortality data. Subjectively, individuals attach less weight to their health conditions and smoking choices and more weight to such factors as age, race, and parents' longevity. Moreover, adult smokers are found to care more about their health and to be more forward-looking than predicted by a rational expectations framework. We further show the importance of unobserved heterogeneity in agents' subjective survival probabilities, and discuss policy implications of subjective expectations.Citation
Wang, Yang. 2014. "Dynamic Implications of Subjective Expectations: Evidence from Adult Smokers." 蝌蚪网 Journal: Applied Economics 6 (1): 1–37. DOI: 10.1257/app.6.1.1Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- D84 Expectations; Speculations
- I12 Health Production