Document Type
Article
Department
Economics (Pomona)
Publication Date
11-20-2018
Keywords
suicide, economic theory of suicide, age and suicide, rational decision making
Abstract
A seminal paper by Hamermesh and Soss modeled suicide as a rational economic decision based on a comparison of the financial costs and benefits of staying alive. This study investigates the theoretical and empirical validity of that model.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Gary N., "It is Time to Kill the Economic Theory of Suicide" (2018). Pomona Faculty Publications and Research. 497.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_fac_pub/497
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