The impact of three economic factors on cigarette procurement and consumption

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-266

  Mitchell, Suzanne H ^a,b   De Wit, Harriet ^b   Zacny, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Cigarettes; Elasticity of demand; Humans; Open closed economy; Random ratio schedules; Reinforcer magnitude; Self administration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031859671     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1077(199806)13:4<259::AID-HUP992>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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