The behavioral economics of violence

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1036, Issue , 2004, Pages 325-335

  Rachlin, Howard ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Behaviorism; Punishment; Substitution; Violence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIORISM; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VIOLENCE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; PRIMULA;

EID: 17744392836     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1330.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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