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Obesity and Moral Hazard in Demand for Visits to Physicians


Geir Waehler Gustavsen


affiliation not provided to SSRN

Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr


affiliation not provided to SSRN

Ximing Wu


Texas A&M University - Department of Agricultural Economics
October 2011

Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 29, Issue 4, pp. 620-633, 2011

Abstract:     
In this article, we use count data regression with sample selection to analyze the effects and degree of moral hazard in demand for visits to physicians among groups of individuals with similar body mass index (BMI). Our results suggest that the effect of moral hazard on the demand for visits to doctors is increasing in BMI for men and for overweight and obese women. Moral hazard is highest among overweight men.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 14

JEL Classification: I11, C25

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Date posted: September 21, 2011  

Suggested Citation

Gustavsen, Geir Waehler, Nayga Jr, Rodolfo M. and Wu, Ximing, Obesity and Moral Hazard in Demand for Visits to Physicians (October 2011). Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 29, Issue 4, pp. 620-633, 2011. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1931326 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00226.x

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Geir Waehler Gustavsen (Contact Author)
affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr
affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Ximing Wu
Texas A&M University (TAMU) - Department of Agricultural Economics ( email )
College Station, TX 77843-4218
United States
HOME PAGE: http://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/wu-ximing/
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