title: A quasi-hyperbolic discounting approach to smoking behavior.
abstract: Addiction has attracted considerable attention in health and behavioral economics, and economists have attempted to understand addiction from the viewpoint of decision making over time. This paper investigates whether two time preference parameters can successfully predict smoking status, including cigarette dependence. Both the present bias and the constant time preference parameters account for smoking behavior status and cigarette dependence.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University Yoshida, Sakyo 6068501, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ida
keywords: D81; D91; I12