In our target article, we proposed that addiction could be envisioned as misperformance of a
decision-making machinery described by two systems (deliberative and habit systems) …

We examined the impact of tobacco prices or taxes on tobacco use in Latin America and
Caribbean countries. We searched MEDLINE, EconLit, LILACS, unpublished literature, 6 …

Many have argued that digital technologies such as smartphones and social media are
addictive. We develop an economic model of digital addiction and estimate it using a …

We apply a machine learning technique to characterize habit formation in two large panel
data sets with objective measures of 1) gym attendance (over 12 million observations) and …

Building on an idea in Abadie and Gardeazabal (2003), this article investigates the
application of synthetic control methods to comparative case studies. We discuss the …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and
poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable …

Drawing on the rational addiction framework, this study explores the digital vulnerabilities
driven by dependence on mobile social apps (eg, social network sites and social games) …

The synthetic control method is an increasingly popular tool for analysis of program efficacy.
Here, it is applied to a neighborhood-specific crime intervention in Roanoke, VA, and …

Obesity rates have increased dramatically over the last 30 years. Rising obesity has
developed into a considerable worldwide public health problem with significant economic …

We test the predictions of the rational addiction model, reconceptualized as rational habit
formation, in the context of handwashing in rural India. To track handwashing, we design …