What I think I will do versus what I say I do: Mispredicting marijuana use among teenage drug users

Preethika Sainam, William P. Putsis and Gal Zauberman

Journal of Business Research, 2018, vol. 85, issue C, 317-324

Abstract: Past research examines factors that impact marijuana use. However, there is limited empirical evidence regarding the combined role of previous experience, attitudes and the situation in determining present and future marijuana use. We fill this gap by studying factors that affect misprediction of marijuana use among teenagers. Specifically, we study (1) whether individuals are able to correctly predict their future marijuana use, (2) the direction of misprediction (over versus under prediction) and (3) the factors that affect errors in prediction.

Keywords: Mispredicting vice; Drug abuse; Teenagers' drug choices; Econometric modeling in absence of panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.01.026

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