model where individuals, with and without pain, choose whether to misuse opioids knowing the probabilities of addiction and …-college educated that summarize the transitions into and out of opioid addiction as well as to a deadly overdose. We construct a …

This paper provides an empirical test of the rational addiction model, used in economics to model individuals …

This paper examines the role of addiction in influencing the demand for e-cigarettes using the Nielsen Retail Scanner … Data and the Nielsen Consumer Panel Data between 2012 and 2017. With a comparison of a myopic addiction model, a forward …-looking model, and a rational addiction model, this paper tests whether the consumption of e-cigarettes is addictive and rational …