APA Handbook of Behavior Analysis, Vol. 2: Translating Principles Into Practice. 2013
DOI: 10.1037/13938-008
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The translational utility of behavioral economics: The experimental analysis of consumption and choice.

Abstract: 2 Other potentially useful metrics are consumption at P max , which is found by solving Equation 1 with C = P max , and O max , peak response output, which is found by taking the solution of Equation 1 with C = P max and multiplying this level of consumption by P max . 3 Because Q 0 appears twice in the first derivative of Equation 1, there is no closed form solution for P max , that is, price at which the first derivative of Equation 1 = −1, and exact P max values can only be found using an iterative solver.… Show more

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“…The cocaine vs. food choice procedure employed in the present study systematically varied unit cocaine price (UP, fixed ratio/dose) by increasing the available cocaine dose and provided a measure of the own-price elasticity of cocaine demand and the cross-price elasticity of food demand. Therefore, changes in sensitivity to reinforcer price observed in the present study may be related to parameter values in behavioral economic models of choice (Hursh et al, 2013; Hursh and Roma, 2013). …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 69%
“…The cocaine vs. food choice procedure employed in the present study systematically varied unit cocaine price (UP, fixed ratio/dose) by increasing the available cocaine dose and provided a measure of the own-price elasticity of cocaine demand and the cross-price elasticity of food demand. Therefore, changes in sensitivity to reinforcer price observed in the present study may be related to parameter values in behavioral economic models of choice (Hursh et al, 2013; Hursh and Roma, 2013). …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 69%
“…These include behavioral neuroscience (Schaal, 2012), resurgence (Lattal, St. Clair, & Escobar, 2012), response variability (Neuringer & Jensen, 2012), equivalence class formation (Sidman, 1994;Urcuioli, 2012), remembering (White & Wixted, 2010), delay discounting and its relation to personality and cognitive ability (Hirsh, Morisano, & Peterson, 2008), to behavioral economics and drug addiction (Bickel & Marsch, 2001), and to consumption and choice (Hursh, Madden, Spiga, DeLeon, & Francisco, 2012), among others. In each case, researchers have had to hone existing skills and develop new approaches to increase the tractability of studying this extensive range of new phenomena.…”
Section: Honing Behavior Analytic Skillsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…El campo relativamente nuevo de la economía conductual es un ejemplo de consiliencia, pues los conceptos de teoría microeconómica se han extendido al estudio psicológico del consumo para un conjunto de especies en el laboratorio e, inversamente, los conceptos de condicionamiento operante se han aplicado a la comprensión de la demanda económica de mercancías (Hursh et al, 2013).…”
Section: La Economía Y El Análisis Experimental De La Conductaunclassified
“…El segundo es el interés en el proceso de elección, ya que para el economista este está asociada a la asignación de recursos limitados para el consumo de bienes alternativos, mientras que para el analista del comportamiento lo está a la división de conducta operante 2 entre reforzadores competidores. En contraste, Hursh et al (2013) señalan que los psicólogos que estudian economía de la conducta en la tradición que en psicología se conoce como Análisis del Comportamiento se han enfocado poco en conceptos económicos hipotéticos tales como funciones de utilidad, curvas de indiferencia y elecciones óptimas. En su lugar, los esfuerzos de investigación se han enfocado en la obtención de explicaciones de la conducta derivadas de la experimentación; estos esfuerzos se concentran en el entendimiento de factores ambientales que afectan i) los niveles generales de conducta instrumental para obtener una cantidad de mercancías en sistemas económicos cerrados y ii) la asignación de recursos de respuestas entre reforzadores disponibles.…”
Section: La Economía Y El Análisis Experimental De La Conductaunclassified