Addiction and adjustment costs: an empirical implementation

Paul Contoyannis and Andrew Jones

Chapter 3 in The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse, 2001, pp 61-84 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This book extends the frontiers of research on the economics of substance use and abuse in a variety of extremely significant ways. It focuses on the determinants and consequences of the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, betel quid, and illicit drugs in the United States, Great Britain and Taiwan. The authors use a variety of empirical techniques to examine the roles of price, advertising, risk perception, time preference and forward-looking behaviour in consumption decisions and the effects of these decisions on labour market outcomes, unintended pregnancies and criminal violence.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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