Advances in Behavioral Economics, Volume 3 - Substance Use and Abuse

Researchers in economics, psychology, and pharmacology review recent empirical and theoretical work on behavioral-economic approaches to understanding and altering the use and abuse of alcohol, cigarettes, and other substances. Among the topics they discuss are reducing drug abuse by enriching the e

List of contents

Introduction
Drug Dependence as Consumer Demand
Reducing Drug Abuse by Enriching the Environment with Alternative Nondrug Reinforcers
Modeling Drug Abuse Policy in the Behavioral Economics Laboratory
The Role of Behavioral Economics in the Behavioral Pharmacology of Drug Abuse: A Commentary
Elasticity of Demand for Alcohol in Humans and Rats
The Molar Context of Alcohol Abuse
A Model of the Consumption of Alcohol
A Review of Economic Models of Habitual and Addictive Behavior and Their Empirical Applications to Cigarette Smoking
A Behavioral-Economic Perspective on the Influence of Social Support on Cigarette Smoking
Indexes

About the author

Leonard Green

Product details

• Authors: Leonard Green
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9781567501476
• ISBN: 978-1-56750-147-6
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism, Economics: Theory