Choice, behavioral economics, and addiction / edited by Rudy E. Vuchinich, Nick Heather.
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 beha...
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| Alternate Title: | Choice, behavioural economics, and addiction |
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Amsterdam ; Boston : Pergamon, ©2003. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Proceedings of a conference entitled, "Choice, Behavioral Economics, and Addiction: Theory, Evidence, and Applications," held at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, on March 15-17, 2002 Main sponsor of the conference: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) in the USA, with contributions from the U.K. Society for the Study of Addiction, Elsevier Science Limited, the University of Alabama's Lister Hill Center for Health Policy and its Center for Health Promotion. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 438 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780080501109 0080501109 9780080440569 0080440568 1281118702 9781281118707 9786611118709 6611118705 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |