An economic perspective on the influence of social interaction on risky behaviours

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dc.contributor.advisorVisser, Martineen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTibesigwa, Byelaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T12:21:32Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T12:21:32Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents the theme of social interaction and risk taking. There is a growing interest in incorporating the influence of social interaction in the economic modelling of human choices. Although the current economic literature is awash with the topic of social interaction a disproportionate bias is towards theoretical as opposed to empirical work. Of the existing empirical literature, a small proportion deals with sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries as case studies. This is quite surprising given that the cultural characteristic of close-knit social kinship and ties in this region makes it more likely that human choices will be influenced by social interaction. Further to this the existing empirical literature is abounds with criticism regarding the lack of sound methods to curb identification problems which include the effects of unobservables, selection bias, simultaneity and the related reflection problem. Against this backdrop the thesis makes an empirical investigation into the role of social interaction on risk taking behaviour. The thesis consists of three self-contained papers, each with the aim of unearthing the influence of social interaction on risk taking. Two types of risky behaviours apparent in SSA are investigated. The first is risky sexual behaviour associated with the HIV infection. This risk is covered in two papers that constitute chapters 2 and 3. The second type of risky behaviour relates to crimes of social behaviour, specifically contact crimes and contact related crimes, and this is covered in one paper which forms chapter 4.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationTibesigwa, B. (2012). <i>An economic perspective on the influence of social interaction on risky behaviours</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5684en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationTibesigwa, Byela. <i>"An economic perspective on the influence of social interaction on risky behaviours."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5684en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTibesigwa, B. 2012. An economic perspective on the influence of social interaction on risky behaviours. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Tibesigwa, Byela AB - This thesis presents the theme of social interaction and risk taking. There is a growing interest in incorporating the influence of social interaction in the economic modelling of human choices. Although the current economic literature is awash with the topic of social interaction a disproportionate bias is towards theoretical as opposed to empirical work. Of the existing empirical literature, a small proportion deals with sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries as case studies. This is quite surprising given that the cultural characteristic of close-knit social kinship and ties in this region makes it more likely that human choices will be influenced by social interaction. Further to this the existing empirical literature is abounds with criticism regarding the lack of sound methods to curb identification problems which include the effects of unobservables, selection bias, simultaneity and the related reflection problem. Against this backdrop the thesis makes an empirical investigation into the role of social interaction on risk taking behaviour. The thesis consists of three self-contained papers, each with the aim of unearthing the influence of social interaction on risk taking. Two types of risky behaviours apparent in SSA are investigated. The first is risky sexual behaviour associated with the HIV infection. This risk is covered in two papers that constitute chapters 2 and 3. The second type of risky behaviour relates to crimes of social behaviour, specifically contact crimes and contact related crimes, and this is covered in one paper which forms chapter 4. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - An economic perspective on the influence of social interaction on risky behaviours TI - An economic perspective on the influence of social interaction on risky behaviours UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5684 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/5684
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationTibesigwa B. An economic perspective on the influence of social interaction on risky behaviours. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5684en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.titleAn economic perspective on the influence of social interaction on risky behavioursen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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