The Werther effect of celebrity suicides: evidence from South Korea - Ha J, Yang HS.

Since 2003 Korea has experienced the highest suicide rate among OECD countries. One of the societal risk factors that triggers suicide is the contagious nature of suicide. This paper empirically examines the effect of celebrity suicide reports on subsequen...
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