Choice, behavioural economics, and addiction
By: edited by Rudy E. Vuchinich, Nick Heather.
Contributors: Vuchinich, Rudy E. 1949-; Heather, Nick.
Publisher: Pergamon
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
Subjects: 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.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Choice, behavioral economics, and addiction
Notes: Proceedings of a conference entitled, "Choice, Behavioural 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 indexes.