Vuchinich, Rudy E

Choice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction - New York Pergamon Press 2003 - 438p

includes index and biblioraphy

Part I: Views from Four Theories of Addiction 2. Hyperbolic Discounting as a Factor in Addiction: A Critical Analysis 35 George Ainslie and John Monterosso Comments on Ainslie and Monterosso 62 William R. Miller Reply to Miller 67 George Ainslie and John Monterosso 3. Evolving Models of Addictive Behavior: From Neoclassical to Behavioral Economics 71 Frank J. Chaloupka, Sherry Emery and Lan Liang Comments on Chaloupka, Emery and Liang 90 Robert MacCoun 4. Consumption Dependent Changes in Reward Value: A Framework for Understanding Addiction 95 Gene M. Heyman Comments on Heyman 122 Suzanne H. Mitchell 5. Economic Concepts in the Behavioral Study of Addiction 129 Howard Rachlin Comments on Rachlin 150 Rudy E. Vuchinich Part II: Other Perspectives on Addiction 6. Addiction: Definitions and Mechanisms 157 Ole-J0rgen Skog Comments on Skog 176 Nick Heather Reply to Heather 182 Ole-J0rgen Skog 1. Choosing Delayed Rewards: Perspectives from Learning Theory, Neurochemistry, and Neuroanatomy 183 Rudolf N. Cardinal, Trevor Robbins and Barry J. Everitt Comments on Cardinal, Robbins and Everitt 214 Warren K. Bickel Reply to Bickel 217 Rudolf N. Cardinal, Trevor Robbins and Barry J. Everitt 8. Reason and Addiction 219 Olav Gjelsvik Comments on Gjelsvik 239 George Ainslie Reply to Ainslie 245 Olav Gjelsvik 9. Junk Time: Pathological Behavior as the Interaction of Evolutionary and Cultural Forces 249 Warren K. Bickel and Matthew W. Johnson Comments on Bickel and Johnson 272 Keith Humphreys Reply to Humphreys 276 Warren K. Bickel and Matthew W. Johnson Part III: Empirical Studies of Addiction 10. Rational Addiction and Injection of Heroin 281 Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen Comments on Bretteville-Jensen 303 Michael A. Morrisey Reply to Morrisey 306 Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen 11. Social Interaction and Drug Use: Rachlin vs. Schelling 309 Hans O. Melberg Comments on Melberg 332 Howard Rachlin Reply to Rachlin 335 Hans O. Melberg 12. Discounting the Value of Commodities According to Different Types of Cost Suzanne H. Mitchell Comments on Mitchell 358 Gene M. Heyman Part IV: Practical Implications 13. Merging Behavioral Economic and Public Health Approaches to the Delivery of Services for Substance Abuse: Concepts and Applications 365 Jalie A. Tucker and Cathy A. Simpson Comments on Tucker and Simpson 379 Thomas F. Babor

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