Essays on the Economics of Mental Illness and Belief Formation

This thesis consists of three chapters. Chapters 1 and 2 study questions relating to the economics of mental illness, while Chapter 3 contributes to the literature on the behavioral economics of belief formation. The first chapter studies why people who live in poverty are disproportionately aff...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ridley, Matthew
Other Authors: Duflo, Esther
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/145111