Choice, behavioral economics, and addiction /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Boston : Pergamon, ©2003.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 438 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11155115
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Varying Form of Title:Choice, behavioural economics, and addiction
Other authors / contributors:Vuchinich, Rudy E. (Rudolph Eugene), 1949-
Heather, Nick.
ISBN:9780080501109
0080501109
9780080440569
0080440568
1281118702
9781281118707
9786611118709
6611118705
Notes: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.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Choice, behavioral economics, and addiction. Amsterdam ; Boston : Pergamon, ©2003 0080440568 9780080440569