Abstract Hypothetical Purchase Tasks (HPTs) simulate demand for a substance as a
function of escalating price. HPTs are increasingly used to examine relationships between …

For more than four decades, researchers have used meta‐analyses to synthesize data from
multiple experimental studies often to draw conclusions that are not supported by individual …

Background: Increases in the incidence of psychological distress and alcohol use during the
COVID-19 pandemic have been predicted. Behavioral theories of depression and alcohol …

The “replication crisis” describes recent difficulties in replicating studies in various scientific
fields, most notably psychology. The available evidence primarily documents replication …

Behavioral economic demand methodology is increasingly being used in various fields such
as substance use and consumer behavior analysis. Traditional analytical techniques to …

Contemporary approaches for evaluating the demand for reinforcers use either the
Exponential or the Exponentiated model of operant demand, both derived from the …

Consumers decide what to purchase, under conditions of constraint (eg, commodity price).
According to behavioral economic demand, commodity purchase task (CPT) can measure …

Open and transparent practices in scholarly research are increasingly encouraged by
academic journals and funding agencies. Various elements of behavior analytic research …

Research applying the behavioral economic demand framework is increasingly conducted
across disciplines. With respect to psychopharmacology and substance abuse, real and …

Objectives Banning va** products may have unintended outcomes, such as increased
demand for illegal products. This study experimentally examined the effects of a va** ban …