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A standard model of addictive process is Becker and Murphy's rational addiction' model, which has the key empirical … per pack of cigarettes should be at least one dollar higher under our formulation than in the rational addiction case …
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model of digital addiction and estimate it using a randomized experiment. Temporary incentives to reduce social media use …
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a causal relationship between present and future consumption. This test of addiction is based on the definition of … addiction commonly used in the economics literature. It has two key advantages over previous tests for addiction. First, our …
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A large literature examines the addictive properties of such behaviors as smoking, drinking alcohol and eating. We argue that for some people addictive behavior may apply to a much more central aspect of economic life: working. Workaholism is subject to the same concerns about the individual as...
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There is a large body of literature in both psychology and economics documenting mistaken perceptions of randomness. In this paper we demonstrate that people appear to believe that "lightning will strike twice" when it comes to lottery jackpots. First, we show that in the week following the sale...
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This paper studies the ability of a general class of habit-based asset pricing models to match the conditional moment restrictions implied by asset pricing theory. We treat the functional form of the habit as unknown, and to estimate it along with the rest of the model's finite dimensional...
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We propose an economic theory of addiction based on the premise that cognitive mechanisms such as attention affect … neurosciencee and psychology) concerning the nature of decision-making and addiction. The model is analytically tractable, and it … accounts for a broad range of stylized facts concerning addiction. It also generates a plausible qualitative mapping from the …
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addiction. In contrast to prior research, we allow individuals to make their consumption decisions simultaneous with savings and … labor supply. When addictive goods have a stronger habit formation effect (an addiction effect'), individuals choose to save … less due to the anticipated adverse health consequences of addiction (a detrimental health effect'). This is particularly …
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Consumption of addictive goods is subject to habit formation. Forward-looking individuals must, therefore, be concerned about future prices when making current consumption decisions. We study prices for tobacco products based on a unique data set provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Our...
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The purpose of this paper is to estimate the effect that mental illness has on the demand for addictive goods. Mental illness could affect the level of consumption of addictive goods and could affect the price elasticities of addictive goods. Demand theory suggests that mental illness would...
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