
E-cigarettes to tobacco: exploring the relationship between risky activities - The Dismal Science
Eric Crampton • Jun 16, 2016 •
Suppose you observed that kids who tried some risky-looking novel activity X were more likely to go on to try some other risky activity Y. Should you conclude that X leads to Y, or that kids who are risk-, sensation-, or novelty-seeking will exhibit that on more than one margin? Cohort selection effects matter: the ones who try X aren’t … Read More