Rationality and drug use: An experimental approach

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 643-658

  Blondel, Serge ^a,c   Lohéac, Youenn ^b,c   Rinaudo, Stéphane ^c  

^a National Institute of Horticulture   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Drug addiction; Experiments; Risk; Time

Indexed keywords

DRUG USER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INCENTIVE; RATIONALIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; THEORY; TIME;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34147103995     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Ainslie G. Picoeconomics: The Strategic Interaction of Successive Motivational States within the Person. (1992), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
2. Allais M. Le Comportement de l'Homme Rationnel Devant le Risque: Critique des Postulats de l'École Américaine. Econometrica 21 (1953) 503-546
3. Becker G.S., and Murphy K.M. A theory of rational addiction. Journal of Political Economy 96 4 (1988) 675-700
4. Bickel W.K., Odum A.L., and Madden G.J. Impulsivity and cigarette smoking: delay discounting in current, never, and ex-smokers. Psychopharmacology 146 4 (1999) 447-454
5. Bretteville-Jensen A.L. Addiction and discounting. Journal of Health Economics 18 (1999) 393-407
6. Camerer C. Individual decision making. In: Kagel J.H., and Roth A.E. (Eds). The Handbook of Experimental Economics (1995), Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 587-703
7. Eckel C.C., and Grossman P. Sex and risk: experimental evidence. In: Plott C., and Smith V. (Eds). Handbook of Experimental Results (2005), Elsevier, New York
8. Facy F. Etude Epidémiologique des Toxicomanes Bénéficiant de Prescription de Méthadone en 1995. Psychotropes, Revue Internationale des Toxicomanies 4 (1996) 73-85
9. Fehr E., and Zych P. Do addicts behave rationally?. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 100 3 (1998) 643-662
10. Frederick S., Loewenstein G., and O'Donoghue T. Time discounting and time preference: a critical review. Journal of Economic Literature 40 2 (2002) 351-401
11. Gadel, G., Nunes, C., 1998. Les Toxicomanes Suivis dans les Structures Sanitaires et Sociales en Novembre 1996. Études et Résultats 1, DREES, Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité.
12. Grossman M., and Chaloupka F.J. The Demand for Cocaine by Young Adults: A Rational Addiction Approach. Journal of Health Economics 17 (1998) 427-474
13. Kahneman D., and Tversky A. Prospect theory: an analysis of decision under risk. Econometrica 47 2 (1979) 263-292
14. Kirby K.N., Petry N.M., and Bickel W.K. Heroin addicts have higher discount rate for delayed rewards than non-drug-using controls. Journal of Experimental Psychology 128 1 (1999) 78-87
15. Loewenstein G.F., and Prelec D. Anomalies in intertemporal choice: evidence and an interpretation. Quarterly Journal of Economics 107 (1992) 573-597
16. Madden G.J., Petry N.M., Badger G.J., and Bickel W.K. Impulse and self-control choices in opioid-dependent patients and non-using control participants: drug and monetary rewards. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology 5 3 (1997) 256-263
17. Madden G.J., Bickel W.K., and Jacobs E.A. Discounting of delayed rewards in opioid-dependent outpatients: exponential or hyperbolic discounting functions?. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology 7 3 (1999) 284-293
18. Orphanides A., and Zervos D. Rational addiction with learning and regret. Journal of Political Economy 103 (1995) 739-758
19. Starmer C. Developments in non-expected utility theories: the hunt for a descriptive theory of choices under risk. Journal of Economic Literature 38 (2000) 332-382
20. Swann A.C., Bjork J.J., Moeller F.G., and Dougherty D.M. Two models of impulsivity: relationship to personality traits and psychopathology. Biological Psychiatry 51 (2002) 988-994
21. Tversky A., and Kahneman D. Advances in prospect theory: cumulative representation of uncertainty. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 5 (1992) 297-323
22. Varian H.R. Microeconomic Analysis. Third ed. (1992), Norton & Company Ltd., New York