This paper seeks to identify some useful insights microeconomic theory can provide into risky sexual behaviour. A neoclassical model of rational addiction and a behavioural economic model based on hyperbolic discounting are both applied to risky sex. It is argued that the phenomenon of risky sexual behaviour may best be described as a lack of self-control. Based on this, personal rules, which help linking current choices with similar future choices, provide a useful means of avoiding risky sexual behaviour.
Reference:
Schwardmann, P. (2008). Microeconomic Perspectives on Risky Sexual Behaviour. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town.
Schwardmann, P. (2008). Microeconomic perspectives on risky sexual behaviour University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19633
Schwardmann, Peter Microeconomic perspectives on risky sexual behaviour. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19633
Schwardmann P. Microeconomic perspectives on risky sexual behaviour. 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19633
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