Applying Behavioral Economics to the Challenge of Reducing Cocaine Abuse

Stephen T. Higgins
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Copyright 1999
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Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse
Book: The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse: An Integration of Econometric and Behavioral Economic Research
Book editors: Frank J. Chaloupka, Michael Grossman, Warren K. Bickel & Henry Saffer
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
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Applying Behavioral Economics to the Challenge of Reducing Cocaine Abuse
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Author(s): Stephen T. Higgins
This paper focuses on potential contributions of behavioral economics to reducing cocaine abuse. More specifically,...

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