Men, Women, and Addiction: The Case of Cigarette Smoking / Frank J. Chaloupka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chaloupka, Frank J.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w3267.

NBER working paper series no. w3267

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Men, Women, and Addiction

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1990.

Summary:

Cigarette demand equations, derived from the Becker-Murphy model of rational addictive behavior, are estimated separately for men and women. These demand equations account for the reinforcement, tolerance, and withdrawal factors characterizing addictive consumption. Results obtained from these demand equations support the hypothesis that cigarette smoking is an addictive behavior. Particularly interesting are the findings that men are responsive to changes in the price of cigarettes, with a long run price elasticity centered on -0.60, while women are virtually unresponsive to price changes. Men, however, are found to behave more myopically than women.

Notes:

Print version record

February 1990.