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Edited By Nick Heather, Emeritus Professor of Alcohol and Other Drug Stud Rudy E. Vuchinich, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Description Choice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction is about the theory, data, and applied implications of choice-based models of substance use
and addiction. The distinction between substance use and addiction is important, because many individuals use substances but are not
also addicted to them. The behavioural economic perspective has made contributions to the analysis of both of these phenomena and, while
the major focus of the book is on theories of addiction, it is necessary also to consider the behavioural economic account of substance
use in order to place the theories in their proper context and provide full coverage of the contribution of behavioural economics to
this field of study.
The book discusses the four major theories of addiction that have been developed in the area of economic science/behavioural
economics. They are: – hyperbolic discounting – melioration – relative addiction – rational addiction
The main objective of the book
is to popularise these ideas among addiction researchers, academics and practitioners. The specific aims are to articulate the shared
and distinctive elements of these four theories, to present and discuss the latest empirical work on substance abuse and addiction that
is being conducted in this area, and to articulate a range of applied implications of this body of work for clinical, public health and
public policy initiatives.
The book is based on an invitation-only conference entitled, Choice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction:
Theory, Evidence and Applications held at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, March 30 - April 1, 2001. The conference was attended
by prominent scientists and scholars, representing a range of disciplines concerned with theories of addiction and their consequences
for policy and practice. The papers in the book are based on the papers given at the above conference, together with commentaries by
distinguished experts and, in many cases, replies to these comments by the presenters.
Audience
For specialist workers in the addictions field including clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists and economists.
Contents Introduction: overview of behavioral economic perspectives on substance use and addiction (R.E. Vuchinich, N. Heather).
Views from Four
Theories of Addiction.
Hyperbolic discounting as a factor in addiction: a critical analysis (G. Ainslie, J. Monterosso). Comments on
Ainslie & Monterosso (W.R. Miller). Reply to Miller (G. Ainslie, J. Monterosso). Evolving models of addictive behavior: from neoclassical
to behavioral economics (F.J. Chaloupka et al.). Comments on Chaloupka, Emery & Liang (R. MacCoun). Consumption dependent changes in
reward value: a framework for understanding addiction (G.M. Heyman). Comments on Heyman (S.H. Mitchell). Economic concepts in the behavioural
study of addiction (H. Rachlin). Comments on Rachlin (R.E. Vuchinich).
Other Perspectives on Addiction.
Addiction: definitions and
mechanisms (O-J. Skog). Comments on Skog (N. Heather). Reply to Heather (O-J. Skog). Choosing delayed rewards: perspectives from learning
theory, neurochemistry, and neuroanatomy (R.N. Cardinal et al.). Comments on Cardinal et al. (W.K. Bickel). Reply to Bickel (R.N. Cardinal
et al.). Reason and addiction (O. Gjelsvik). Comments on Gjelsvik (G. Ainslie). Reply to Ainslie (O. Gjelsvik). Junk time: pathological
behaviour as the interaction of evolutionary and cultural forces (W.K. Bickel, M.W. Johnson). Comments on Bickel and Johnson (K. Humphreys).
Reply to Humphreys (W.K. Bickel, M.W. Johnson).
Empirical Studies of Addiction.
Rational addiction and injection of heroin (A.L. Bretteville-Jensen).
Comments on Bretteville-Jensen (M.A. Morrisey). Reply to Morrisey (A.L. Bretteville-Jensen). Social interaction and drug use: Rachlin
vs. Schelling (H.O. Melberg). Comments on Melberg (H. Rachlin). Reply to Rachlin (H.O. Melberg). Discounting the value of commodities
according to different types of cost (S.H. Mitchell). Comments on Mitchell (G.M. Heyman).
Practical Implications.
Merging behavioural
economic and public health. Approaches to the delivery of services for substance abuse: concepts and applications (J.A. Tucker, C.A.
Simpson). Comments on Tucker and Simpson (T.F. Babor). Is the addiction concept useful for drug policy? (R. MacCoun). Comments on MacCoun.
(C.R. Schuster). Reply to Schuster (R. MacCoun). Postscript: concluding comments (N. Heather, R.E. Vuchinich). Index.
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