Choice, behavioral economics, and addiction / Choice, behavioural economics, and addiction edited by Rudy E. Vuchinich, Nick Heather - Amsterdam : Pergamon, 2003 - xix, 438 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Proceedings of a conference entitled,'Choice, Behavioral Economics, and Addiction: Theory, Evidence, and Applications,' held at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, on March 15-17, 2002 Main sponsor of the conference: National Insitute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) in the USA, with contributions from the U.K. Society for the Study of Addiction, Elsevier Science Limited, the University of Alabama's Lister Hill Center for Health Policy and its Center for Health Promotion

Includes bibliographical references and index

0080440568 (hbk.) RM422.10


Substance abuse--Economic aspects--Congresses
Compulsive behavior--Social aspects--Congresses
Choice (Psychology)--Congresses
Motivation (Psychology)--Congresses
Addicts--Psychology--Congresses
Substance abuse--Treatment--Government policy--Congresses