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The economic analysis of substance use and abuse : an integration of econometric and behavioral economic research /
Conventional wisdom once held that the demand for addictive substances like cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs was unlike that for any other economic good and, therefore, unresponsive to traditional market forces. Recently, however, researchers from two disparate fields, economics and behavioral psychol...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1999.
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| Colección: | Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Conventional wisdom once held that the demand for addictive substances like cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs was unlike that for any other economic good and, therefore, unresponsive to traditional market forces. Recently, however, researchers from two disparate fields, economics and behavioral psychology, have found that increases in the overall price of an addictive substance can significantly reduce both the number of users and the amounts those users consume. Changes in the "full price" of addictive substances--including monetary value, time outlay, effort to obtain, and potential pe |
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| Notas: | This volume contains papers presented at a conference held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 27-28 March 1997. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 385 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780226100494 0226100499 |