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It Is Time To Kill The Economic Theory Of Suicide, Gary N. Smith
It Is Time To Kill The Economic Theory Of Suicide, Gary N. Smith
Pomona Economics
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. Their model is fundamentally flawed and their prediction that suicide rates increase with age is wrong.