"Contains a selection of papers presented at the 24th Arne Ryde Symposium entitled "Economics of substance use: individual behaviour, social interactions, markets, and politics" and held at the Lund University Center for Health Economics on August 13 and 14, 2004"--P. xv. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Part III : Markets -- Structural estimation of peer effects in youth smoking / Brian Krauth -- Sofie Westling -- Individual behaviours and substance use : the role of price / Michael Grossman -- Demand for illicit drugs among pregnant women / Hope Corman ... [et al.] -- The effect of alcohol consumption on the earnings of older workers / Henry Saffer and Dhaval Dave -- Drugs and juvenile crime : evidence from a panel of siblings and twins / H. Naci Mocan and Erdal Tekin -- Antidepressants and the suicide rate : is there really a connection? / Matz Dahlberg and Douglas Lundin -- Part II: Social interactions -- Choice, social interaction and addiction : the social roots of addictive preferences / Ole-Jorgen Skog -- The spread of drug use : epidemic models or social interaction? / Hans O. Melberg -- Structural estimation of peer effects in youth smoking / Brian Krauth -- Part III : Markets -- What does it mean to decriminalize marijuana? A cross-national empirical examination / Rosalie L. Pacula ... [et al.] -- Part IV : Politics -- investigation of the effects of alcohol policies on youth STDs / Michael Grossman, Robert Kaestner and Sara Markowitz -- Can we model the impact of increased drug treatment expenditure on the U.K. drug market? / Christine Godfrey ... [et al.] -- Tobacco control policies and youth smoking : evidence from a new era / John A. Tauras, Sara Markowitz and John Cawley -- The fires are not out yet : higher taxes and young adult smoking / Philip DeCicca, Don Kenkel and Alan Mathios -- Coupons and advertising in markets for addictive goods : do cigarette manufacturers react to known future tax increases? / Dean R. Lillard and Andrew Sfekass -- Part IV : Politics -- Symbolism and rationality in the politics of psychoactive substances / Robin Room -- What does it mean to decriminalize marijuana? A cross-national empirical examination / Rosalie L. Pacula ... [et al.] -- Economic evaluation of relapse prevention for substance users : treatment settings and health care policy / Tadashi Yamada. Ajay Mahal and Brendan O'Flaherty -- Models pertaining to how drug policy should vary over the course of a drug epidemic / Jonathan P. Caulkins -- Economic evaluation of relapse prevention for substance users : treatment settings and health care policy / Tetsuji Yamada, Chia-Ching Chen and Tadashi Yamada.
Series:
Advances in health economics and health services research, 0731-2199 ; v. 16
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