“There She Is, Your Ideal” Negative Social Comparisons and Health Behaviors

We thank David Frisvold, Daniel Grossman, Emily Lawler, Jason Lindo, Michelle Marcus, Erik Nesson, Dario Sansone, Sebastian Tello-Trillo, Katie Yewell, seminar participants at Case Western Reserve University, Georgia Tech, Haverford College, Johns Hopkins University, North Carolina State University, Purdue University, University of Ottawa, University of Pittsburgh, University of Warwick, Vanderbilt University, and participants at the 2019 IU Mini Health Economics Conference, the 2022 NBER Program on Children Spring Meeting, ASHEcon 2022, and the 2022 SEA Conference for helpful comments. All interpretations, errors, and omissions are our own. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.