Choice, Behavioral Economics, and AddictionRudolph Eugene Vuchinich, Nick Heather Elsevier, 2003 M11 13 - 438 pages Choice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction is about the theory, data, and applied implications of choice-based models of substance use and addiction. The distinction between substance use and addiction is important, because many individuals use substances but are not also addicted to them. The behavioural economic perspective has made contributions to the analysis of both of these phenomena and, while the major focus of the book is on theories of addiction, it is necessary also to consider the behavioural economic account of substance use in order to place the theories in their proper context and provide full coverage of the contribution of behavioural economics to this field of study. The book discusses the four major theories of addiction that have been developed in the area of economic science/behavioural economics. They are: . hyperbolic discounting . melioration . relative addiction . rational addiction The main objective of the book is to popularise these ideas among addiction researchers, academics and practitioners. The specific aims are to articulate the shared and distinctive elements of these four theories, to present and discuss the latest empirical work on substance abuse and addiction that is being conducted in this area, and to articulate a range of applied implications of this body of work for clinical, public health and public policy initiatives. The book is based on an invitation-only conference entitled, Choice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction: Theory, Evidence and Applications held at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, March 30 - April 1, 2001. The conference was attended by prominent scientists and scholars, representing a range of disciplines concerned with theories of addiction and their consequences for policy and practice. The papers in the book are based on the papers given at the above conference, together with commentaries by distinguished experts and, in many cases, replies to these comments by the presenters. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 85
Page 6
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 7
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 8
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 10
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 11
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Contents
Introduction Overview of Behavioural Economic Perspectives on Substance Use and Addiction | 1 |
Views from Four Theories of Addiction | 33 |
Hyperbolic Discounting as a Factor in Addiction A Critical Analysis | 35 |
Comments on Ainslie and Monterosso | 62 |
Reply to Miller | 67 |
Evolving Models of Addictive Behavior From Neoclassical to Behavioral Economics | 71 |
Comments on Chaloupka Emery and Liang | 90 |
Consumption Dependent Changes in Reward Value A Framework for Understanding Addiction | 95 |
Comments on Bickel and Johnson | 272 |
Reply to Humphreys | 276 |
Empirical Studies of Addiction | 279 |
Rational Addiction and Injection of Heroin | 281 |
Comments on BrettevilleJensen | 303 |
Reply to Morrisey | 306 |
Social Interaction and Drug Use Rachlin vs Schelling | 309 |
Comments on Melberg | 332 |
Comments on Heyman | 122 |
Economic Concepts in the Behavioral Study of Addiction | 129 |
Comments on Rachlin | 150 |
Other Perspectives on Addiction | 155 |
Addiction Definitions and Mechanisms | 157 |
Comments on Skog | 176 |
Reply to Heather | 182 |
Choosing Delayed Rewards Perspectives from Learning Theory Neurochemistry and Neuroanatomy | 183 |
Comments on Cardinal Robbins and Everitt | 214 |
Reply to Bickel | 217 |
Reason and Addiction | 219 |
Comments on Gjelsvik | 239 |
Reply to Ainslie | 245 |
Junk Time Pathological Behavior as the Interaction of Evolutionary and Cultural Forces | 249 |
Reply to Rachlin | 335 |
Discounting the Value of Commodities According to Different Types of Cost | 339 |
Comments on Mitchell | 358 |
Practical Implications | 363 |
Merging Behavioral Economic and Public Health Approaches to the Delivery of Services for Substance Abuse Concepts and Applications | 365 |
Comments on Tucker and Simpson | 379 |
Is the Addiction Concept Useful for Drug Policy? | 383 |
Comments on MacCoun | 402 |
Reply to Schuster | 407 |
Concluding Comments | 409 |
427 | |
433 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
addictive behavior addictive substance Ainslie Ainslie's alcohol alternative amphetamine Analysis of Behavior animal appetite Becker & Murphy behavioral economics behavioural allocation behavioural choice theories Bickel Chaloupka cigarette clinical cognitive commodity concept consequences consumer contingencies counterfactual definition curves decision delay discounting delayed reinforcement delayed rewards demand discount function discount rates dopamine drinking drug dependence drug users dynamic inconsistency effects Elster empirical example experience Experimental Analysis explain exponential discounting factors Figure future global heroin Herrnstein Heyman human hyperbolic discounting implications impulsive choice increase individual intertemporal choice Journal MacCoun matching law maximization mechanisms motivational motivational interviewing normative nucleus accumbens outcomes patterns person perspective pigeons predicted preference price elasticity problem Psychology Psychopharmacology Rachlin rational addiction rats relative addiction theory response reward value self-control Skog smoking social interaction studies subjects substance abuse suggest temporal discounting theory of addiction treatment utility variable Vuchinich