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 …

Addiction is a complex biopsychosocial phenomenon, impacted by biological
predispositions, psychological processes, and the social environment. Using mathematical …

This article examines how a decision maker who is only partially aware of his temptations
learns about them over time. In facing temptations, individuals use their experience to …

Aims To describe:(i) three alternative conceptual frameworks used by economists to study
addictive behaviors: rational, imperfectly rational and irrational addiction;(ii) empirical …

In this study, we examine the relationship between financial literacy, financial education, and
smoking behavior among the Japanese population. We hypothesize that financially literate …

In this study I exploit the findings of a population survey in which I had the opportunity to
introduce questions on time preferences. The study uses retrospective data to estimate the …

In this paper I unify the economic theories of addiction and health deficit accumulation and
develop a life cycle theory in which individuals take into account the fact that the …

Este artículo revisa los principales argumentos que la Economía pone a disposición del
analista a la hora de juzgar las políticas de control del tabaquismo, y describe con detalle la …

We develop and analyze an unexplored mechanism to reduce biorefinery supply chain
costs when the feedstock is a perennial crop: adjusting the age structure, and hence yield, of …

This paper examines the dynamics of youth smoking behavior using a model of rational
addiction with learning. Individuals in the model face uncertainty regarding the parameters …