The field of behavioral economics has made important inroads into the understanding of
substance use disorders through the concept of reinforcer pathology. Reinforcer pathology …

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

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 economic alcohol purchase tasks (APTs) are self‐report measures
of alcohol demand that assess estimated consumption at escalating levels of price …

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 …

AIMS: There is growing interest in cognitive biases related to substance use, but evidence
from the anxiety literature suggests that tasks commonly used to assess these may suffer …

Recent clinical research suggests that several self-report behavioral economic measures of
relative reinforcing efficacy (RRE) may show utility as indices of substance abuse problem …

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

Dual-process theories of learning and addiction propose that whereas freely elected
drug/reward-seeking is goal-directed in being mediated by the expected value of the …

Objective: The present study attempted to determine whether behavioral economic indices
of elevated alcohol reward value, measured before and immediately after a brief alcohol …