BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND EMPIRICAL PUBLIC POLICY

The application of economics principles to the analysis of behavior has yielded novel insights on value and choice across contexts ranging from laboratory animal research to clinical populations to national trends of global impact. Recent innovations in demand curve methods provide a credible means...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior 2013-01, Vol.99 (1), p.98-124
Hauptverfasser:	Hursh, Steven R., Roma, Peter G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Addictive behaviors Behavior Behavior Patterns behavioral economics behavioral economics, demand curve, exponential model, essential value, reinforcer interactions, choice, public policy Behavioral Science Research Behavioral Sciences choice Choice Behavior Cooperative Behavior Cost-Benefit Analysis demand curve Drug abuse Economic models Economic theory Economics, Behavioral Elasticity of demand essential value exponential model Humans Individualized Instruction Labor Supply Laboratory Experiments Microeconomics Models, Psychological Operant Conditioning Personnel selection Pharmacology Price elasticity Principles Psychological Patterns Public Policy Reinforcement (Psychology) reinforcer interactions Resistance (Psychology) School Districts Social Behavior Studies Substance Abuse Substance-Related Disorders - psychology Substance-Related Disorders - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	The application of economics principles to the analysis of behavior has yielded novel insights on value and choice across contexts ranging from laboratory animal research to clinical populations to national trends of global impact. Recent innovations in demand curve methods provide a credible means of quantitatively comparing qualitatively different reinforcers as well as quantifying the choice relations between concurrently available reinforcers. The potential of the behavioral economic approach to inform public policy is illustrated with examples from basic research, pre‐clinical behavioral pharmacology, and clinical drug abuse research as well as emerging applications to public transportation and social behavior. Behavioral Economics can serve as a broadly applicable conceptual, methodological, and analytical framework for the development and evaluation of empirical public policy.
ISSN:	0022-5002 1938-3711
DOI:	10.1002/jeab.7