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The downward spiral
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kopecky, Karen A. - 2022
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 …
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Rational Addiction and Tobacco Consumption : Theory and Empirical Evidence
Tiezzi, Silvia - 2003
Since the end of the eighties the Becker and Murphy model of rational addiction has been the dominant approach to … estimate addiction effects. A rational addictive consumer, a smoker for instance, is supposed to maximize over the life cycle a … stable utility function and to be fully aware of the future consequences of her addiction and chooses to be an addicted …
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Reluctant Recyclers : Social Interaction in Responsibility Ascription
Brekke, Kjell Arne; Kipperberg, Gorm; Nyborg, Karine - 2008
Duty-orientation implies a warm glow of giving as well as a cold shiver of not giving enough. If duty-oriented consumers learn their moral responsibility by observing others' behavior, social interaction in contribution behavior arises. However, since moral responsibility is a burden,...
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Reluctant recyclers: Social interaction in responsibility ascription
Brekke, Kjell Arne; Kipperberg, Gorm; Nyborg, Karine - 2007
Several studies have demonstrated that individual contributions to public goods are increasing in others’ contributions. The underlying causes for this, however, are not yet fully understood. We present a model of duty-orientation in which moral responsibility is learned through observations...
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The welfare implications of addictive substances : a longitudinal study of life satisfaction of drug users
Moschion, Julie; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 146 (2018), pp. 206-221
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The welfare implications of addictive substances : a longitudinal study of life satisfaction of drug users
Moschion, Julie; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2017
This paper provides an empirical test of the rational addiction model, used in economics to model individuals …
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The welfare implications of addictive substances : a longitudinal study of life satisfaction of drug users
Moschion, Julie; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2017
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The welfare costs of addiction
Jürges, Hendrik - 2001
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The welfare costs of addiction
Jürges, Hendrik - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : journal of contextual economics 124 (2004) 3, pp. 327-353
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The Demand for NFL Attendance : A Rational Addiction Model
Spenner, Erin LeAnne; Fenn, Aju J.; Crooker, John - 2004
This paper examines the demand for attendance at National Football League (NFL) games using a rational addiction model … to test the hypothesis that professional football displays the properties of a habit-forming good. Rational addiction … display characteristics of rational addiction in their consumption behavior …
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