Drug addiction may be a goal-directed choice driven by excessive drug value in negative
affective states, a habit driven by strong stimulus− response associations, or a compulsion …

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

Importance Craving, which is a strong desire for drugs, is a newDSM-5diagnostic criterion
for substance use disorders (SUDs), which are the most prevalent, costly, and deadly forms …

Experimental assessments of demand allow the examination of economic phenomena
relevant to the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of addiction and other pathologies (eg …

Obesity is associated with steep discounting of the future and increased food reinforcement.
Episodic future thinking (EFT), a type of prospective thinking, has been observed to reduce …

This chapter focuses more on the utility of economic methods of analysis and consistent
functional relationships than on hypothetical economic concepts, such as utility functions …

Background Behavioral economics and neuroeconomics bring together perspectives and
methods from psychology, economics, and cognitive neuroscience to understand decision …

Abstract Background The Alcohol Purchase Task (APT) is a behavioral economic
assessment of alcohol demand (ie, motivation for consumption during escalating levels of …

Abstract Background and Aims The evolving legal status of cannabis world‐wide
necessitates evidence‐based regulatory policies to minimize risks associated with cannabis …

Abstract Background and Aims Reinforcing value, an index of motivation for a drug, is
commonly measured using behavioral economic purchase tasks. State‐oriented purchase …