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Getting high on the market: Stock price movements, drug abuse, and health implications

by Tomasz Piotr Wisniewski a  and  Brendan John Lambe b,* orcid
a
Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
b
College of Business, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*
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FEL  2023 2(2):13; https://doi.org/10.58567/fel02020003
Received: 6 September 2023 / Accepted: 27 September 2023 / Published Online: 25 October 2023
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Abstract

Using an international dataset, this letter finds that high stock returns are associated with increased death rates from drug use disorders. Although the out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare also rises following a stock market surge, the net effect on life expectancy is significantly negative.

Keywords: Health Behaviors; Life Expectancy; Stock Market;
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Wisniewski, T. P.; Lambe, B. J. Getting high on the market: Stock price movements, drug abuse, and health implications. Financial Economics Letters, 2023, 2, 13. https://doi.org/10.58567/fel02020003
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Wisniewski T P, Lambe B J. Getting high on the market: Stock price movements, drug abuse, and health implications. Financial Economics Letters; 2023, 2(2):13. https://doi.org/10.58567/fel02020003
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Wisniewski, Tomasz P.; Lambe, Brendan J. 2023. "Getting high on the market: Stock price movements, drug abuse, and health implications" Financial Economics Letters 2, no.2:13. https://doi.org/10.58567/fel02020003
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Wisniewski, T. P., & Lambe, B. J. (2023). Getting high on the market: Stock price movements, drug abuse, and health implications. Financial Economics Letters, 2(2), 13. https://doi.org/10.58567/fel02020003

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