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Brian S. Ferguson

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Department of Economics and Finance
Gordon Lang School of Business and Economics
University of Guelph

Guelph, Canada
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Working papers

  1. Audrey Laporte & Brian Ferguson, 2017. "Why Should Rational Smokers Find it Hard to Quit? Introducing Uncertainty into the Rational Addiction Model," Working Papers 170004, Canadian Centre for Health Economics.
  2. Audrey Laporte & Brian Ferguson, 2017. "Making the Grossman Model Stochastic: Investment in Health as a Stochastic Control Problem," Working Papers 170009, Canadian Centre for Health Economics.
  3. Audrey Laporte & Brian Ferguson, 2016. "How does Insurance affect the Price of Drugs: A Graphical Analysis," Working Papers 160006, Canadian Centre for Health Economics.
  4. Audrey Laporte & Adrian Rohit Dass & Brian S. Ferguson, 2016. "Some Implications of Dynamic Mis-specification for the Arellano-Bond Estimator," Working Papers 160008, Canadian Centre for Health Economics.
  5. Audrey Laporte & Adrian Rohit Dass & Brian Ferguson, 2016. "On a Possible Problem in the Estimation of Saddle-point Dynamic Economic Models," Working Papers 160004, Canadian Centre for Health Economics.
  6. Audrey Laporte & Adrian Rohit Dass & Brian Ferguson, 2015. "Is the Rational Addiction model inherently impossible to estimate?," Working Papers 150011, Canadian Centre for Health Economics, revised Jun 2016.
  7. Audrey Laporte & Brian Ferguson, 2015. "Changing the Way We Think About Drug Prices: Insights from Economics," Working Papers 15W001, Canadian Centre for Health Economics.
  8. Katerina Koka & Audrey Laporte & Brian Ferguson, 2014. "Theoretical Simulation in Health Economics: An application to Grossman's Model of Investment in Health Capital," Working Papers 140010, Canadian Centre for Health Economics.
  9. Brian S. Ferguson, 2013. "Lectures on John Maynard Keynes’ General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1): Chapter One, Background and Historical Setting," Working Papers 1306, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.
  10. Brian S. Ferguson, 2013. "Lectures on John Maynard Keynes’ General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (2): Chapter 2, “The Postulates of the Classical Economics”," Working Papers 1307, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.
  11. Brian S. Ferguson, 2013. "Lectures on John Maynard Keynes’ General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (6): Chapters 8, 9 and 10: Keynes’ Theory of Consumer Behaviour," Working Papers 1311, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.
  12. Brian S. Ferguson, 2013. "Lectures on John Maynard Keynes’ General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (4): Chapter 4, "The Choice of Units"; Chapter 5, "Expectations as Determining Output and Employment&qu," Working Papers 1309, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.
  13. Brian S. Ferguson, 2013. "Lectures on John Maynard Keynes’ General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (5): Chapter 6, The Definition of Income, Saving and Investment; Appendix to Chapter 6, Appendix on User Cost; Chapter," Working Papers 1310, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.
  14. Brian S. Ferguson, 2013. "Lectures on John Maynard Keynes’ General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (3): Chapter 3, “The Principle of Effective Demand”," Working Papers 1308, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.
  15. Laporte A & Karimova A & Ferguson B, 2009. "Quantile Regression Analysis of the Rational Addiction Model: Making unobservable heterogeneity observable," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 09/18, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
  16. ChunpingLiu & Audrey Laporte & Brian Ferguson, 2007. "The Quantile Regression Approach to Efficiency Measurement: Insights from Monte Carlo Simulations," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 07/14, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
  17. Ferguson, B.S., 2002. "Issues in the Demand for Medical Care," Working Papers 2002-17, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.
  18. Ferguson, B.S., 2002. "Profits and the Hospital Sector: What Does the Literature Really Say?," Working Papers 2002-2, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.
  19. Ferguson, B.S., 2001. "Expenditure on Medical Care in Canada: Looking at the Numbers," Working Papers 2001-6, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.
  20. Ferguson, B.S., 2001. "An Introduction to Some Basic Microeconomics of Physician Practice," Working Papers 2002-1, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.
  21. Ferguson, B, 1996. "A Note on the Interpretation of the Rational Addiction Model," Working Papers 1996-1, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.
  22. Ferguson, B., 1991. "The Costs of Hospital at Home: The Case of the New Brunswick Extra-Mural Hospital," Working Papers 1991-13, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.

Articles

  1. Laporte, Audrey & Dass, Adrian Rohit & Ferguson, Brian S., 2017. "Is the Rational Addiction model inherently impossible to estimate?," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 161-175.
  2. Audrey Laporte & Alfia Karimova & Brian Ferguson, 2010. "Quantile regression analysis of the rational addiction model: investigating heterogeneity in forward‐looking behavior," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 19(9), pages 1063-1074, September.
  3. Brian Ferguson, 2008. "Building a national Health System: Learning From Other Countries' Mistakes," Ekonomia, Cyprus Economic Society and University of Cyprus, vol. 11(1), pages 1-18, Summer.
  4. Audrey Laporte & Brian Ferguson, 2007. "Investment in health when health is stochastic," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 20(2), pages 423-444, April.
  5. Laporte, Audrey & Ferguson, Brian S., 2003. "Income inequality and mortality: time series evidence from Canada," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(1), pages 107-117, October.
  6. Brian S. Ferguson, 2000. "Interpreting the rational addiction model," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 9(7), pages 587-598, October.
  7. Ferguson, Brian S, 1990. "Optimal Population Control with Uncertain Output," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 3(4), pages 291-302, December.
  8. Ferguson, Brian S., 1985. "Physician objectives and resource allocation," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 4(1), pages 35-42, March.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Audrey Laporte & Adrian Rohit Dass & Brian Ferguson, 2016. "On a Possible Problem in the Estimation of Saddle-point Dynamic Economic Models," Working Papers 160004, Canadian Centre for Health Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Audrey Laporte & Adrian Rohit Dass & Brian Ferguson, 2015. "Is the Rational Addiction model inherently impossible to estimate?," Working Papers 150011, Canadian Centre for Health Economics, revised Jun 2016.

  2. Audrey Laporte & Adrian Rohit Dass & Brian Ferguson, 2015. "Is the Rational Addiction model inherently impossible to estimate?," Working Papers 150011, Canadian Centre for Health Economics, revised Jun 2016.

    Cited by:

    1. Miguel à ngel Mendoza-González & Alberto Villagra-Piña, 2021. "Efectos de la Covid-19 y la restricción a la movilidad de las personas sobre el consumo adictivo de cigarros en México, 2005-2020," Remef - Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas Nueva Época REMEF (The Mexican Journal of Economics and Finance), Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas, IMEF, vol. 16(3), pages 1-20, Julio - S.
    2. Pierani, P.; Tiezzi, S.;, 2017. "Rational addiction and time consistency:an empirical test," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 17/05, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
    3. Piccoli, Luca & Tiezzi, Silvia, 2020. "Rational Addiction and Time Consistency: An Empirical Test," IZA Discussion Papers 12906, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    4. Davide Dragone & Davide Raggi, 2020. "Solving the Milk Addiction Paradox," Working Papers wp1144, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna.
    5. Philip DeCicca & Donald Kenkel & Feng Liu & Hua Wang, 2017. "Behavioral Welfare Economics and FDA Tobacco Regulations," Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, in: Human Capital and Health Behavior, volume 25, pages 143-179, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    6. Strulik, Holger, 2017. "Smoking kills: An economic theory of addiction, health deficit accumulation, and longevity," University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics 316, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics.
    7. Robert Kaestner & Kevin Callison, 2018. "An Assessment of the Forward‐Looking Hypothesis of the Demand for Cigarettes," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 85(1), pages 48-70, July.
    8. D. Dragone & D. Raggi, 2018. "Testing Rational Addiction: When Lifetime is Uncertain, One Lag is Enough," Working Papers wp1119, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna.

  3. Katerina Koka & Audrey Laporte & Brian Ferguson, 2014. "Theoretical Simulation in Health Economics: An application to Grossman's Model of Investment in Health Capital," Working Papers 140010, Canadian Centre for Health Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Jared C. Carbone & Snorre Kverndokk, 2016. "Individual Investments in Education and Health: Policy Responses and Interactions," CESifo Working Paper Series 6154, CESifo.
    2. Burggraf, Christine, 2017. "Russian demand for dietary quality: Nutrition transition, diet quality measurement, and health investment theory," Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Transition Economies, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), volume 86, number 86.
    3. Audrey Laporte, 2014. "Should the Grossman model of investment in health capital retain its iconic status?," Working Papers 140003, Canadian Centre for Health Economics, revised Jan 2015.
    4. Burggraf, Christine, 2017. "Russian demand for dietary quality: Nutrition transition, diet quality measurement, and health investment theory," Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Transition Economies 269539, Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO).
    5. Li, Hui & Li, Yue & Zheng, Guoliang & Zhou, You, 2024. "Interaction between household energy consumption and health: A systematic review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 189(PA).

  4. ChunpingLiu & Audrey Laporte & Brian Ferguson, 2007. "The Quantile Regression Approach to Efficiency Measurement: Insights from Monte Carlo Simulations," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 07/14, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.

    Cited by:

    1. Bernstein, David H. & Parmeter, Christopher F. & Tsionas, Mike G., 2023. "On the performance of the United States nuclear power sector: A Bayesian approach," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    2. Subal C. Kumbhakar & Christopher F. Parmeter & Valentin Zelenyuk, 2022. "Stochastic Frontier Analysis: Foundations and Advances II," Springer Books, in: Subhash C. Ray & Robert G. Chambers & Subal C. Kumbhakar (ed.), Handbook of Production Economics, chapter 9, pages 371-408, Springer.
    3. Galina Besstremyannaya & Sergei Golovan, 2023. "Measuring heterogeneity in hospital productivity: a quantile regression approach," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 59(1), pages 15-43, February.
    4. Berndt, Antje & Hollifield, Burton & Sandås, Patrik, 2017. "What Broker Charges Reveal about Mortgage Credit Risk," Working Paper Series 336, Sveriges Riksbank (Central Bank of Sweden).
    5. Berner, Anne & Lange, Steffen & Silbersdorff, Alexander, 2022. "Firm-level energy rebound effects and relative efficiency in the German manufacturing sector," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    6. Zhichao Wang & Valentin Zelenyuk, 2021. "Performance Analysis of Hospitals in Australia and its Peers: A Systematic Review," CEPA Working Papers Series WP012021, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    7. Tsionas, Mike G. & Assaf, A. George & Andrikopoulos, Athanasios, 2020. "Quantile stochastic frontier models with endogeneity," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    8. Antti Saastamoinen, 2015. "Heteroscedasticity Or Production Risk? A Synthetic View," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(3), pages 459-478, July.
    9. Darya Dancaková & Jozef Glova & Alena Andrejovská, 2021. "The Robust Efficiency Estimation in Lower Secondary Education: Cross-Country Evidence," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(24), pages 1-15, December.
    10. Juan Cabas Monje & Bouali Guesmi & Amer Ait Sidhoum & José María Gil, 2023. "Measuring technical efficiency of Spanish pig farming: Quantile stochastic frontier approach," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 67(4), pages 688-703, October.
    11. Zhichao Wang & Bao Hoang Nguyen & Valentin Zelenyuk, 2024. "Performance analysis of hospitals in Australia and its peers: a systematic and critical review," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 62(2), pages 139-173, October.
    12. Galina Besstremyannaya, 2014. "The efficiency of labor matching and remuneration reforms: a panel data quantile regression approach with endogenous treatment variables," Working Papers w0206, New Economic School (NES).
    13. Kiplimo, L.B. & Ngeno, V., 2016. "Understanding the Effect of Land Fragmentation on Farm Level Efficiency: An Application of Quantile Regression-Based Thick Frontier Approach to Maize Production in Kenya," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249280, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
    14. Fengyi Lin & Yung-Jr Deng & Wen-Min Lu & Qian Long Kweh, 2019. "Impulse response function analysis of the impacts of hospital accreditations on hospital efficiency," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 394-409, September.
    15. Galina Besstremyannaya, 2014. "The efficiency of labor matching and remuneration reforms: a panel data quantile regression approach with endogenous treatment variables," Working Papers w0206, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR).
    16. William C. Horrace & Christopher F. Parmeter & Ian A. Wright, 2024. "On asymmetry and quantile estimation of the stochastic frontier model," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 61(1), pages 19-36, February.
    17. Sakouvogui Kekoura & Shaik Saleem & Doetkott Curt & Magel Rhonda, 2021. "Sensitivity analysis of stochastic frontier analysis models," Monte Carlo Methods and Applications, De Gruyter, vol. 27(1), pages 71-90, March.
    18. Galina Besstremyannaya, 2015. "Heterogeneous effect of residency matching and prospective payment on labor returns and hospital scale economies," Discussion Papers 15-001, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
    19. Besstremyannaya, Galina & Golovan, Sergei, 2021. "Measuring heterogeneity with fixed effect quantile regression: Long panels and short panels," Applied Econometrics, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), vol. 64, pages 70-82.
    20. Varabyova, Yauheniya & Müller, Julia-Maria, 2016. "The efficiency of health care production in OECD countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-country comparisons," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(3), pages 252-263.
    21. E. Fusco & R. Benedetti & F. Vidoli, 2023. "Stochastic frontier estimation through parametric modelling of quantile regression coefficients," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 64(2), pages 869-896, February.
    22. Zhang, Ning & Huang, Xuhui & Liu, Yunxiao, 2021. "The cost of low-carbon transition for China's coal-fired power plants: A quantile frontier approach," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
    23. Martin, Cécile, 2014. "Concurrence, prix et qualité de la prise en charge en EHPAD en France : Analyses micro-économétriques," Economics Thesis from University Paris Dauphine, Paris Dauphine University, number 123456789/13712 edited by Dormont, Brigitte.
    24. Monje, Juan Cabas & Sidhoum, Amer Ait & Gil, Jose M., 2021. "Investigating Technical Efficiency of Spanish Pig Farming: A Quantile Regression Approach," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315196, International Association of Agricultural Economists.

  5. Ferguson, B., 1991. "The Costs of Hospital at Home: The Case of the New Brunswick Extra-Mural Hospital," Working Papers 1991-13, University of Guelph, Department of Economics and Finance.

    Cited by:

    1. Livio Di Matteo & Rosanna Di Matteo, 2001. "Public Homecare Expenditures in Canada," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 27(3), pages 313-333, September.

Articles

  1. Laporte, Audrey & Dass, Adrian Rohit & Ferguson, Brian S., 2017. "Is the Rational Addiction model inherently impossible to estimate?," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 161-175.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Audrey Laporte & Alfia Karimova & Brian Ferguson, 2010. "Quantile regression analysis of the rational addiction model: investigating heterogeneity in forward‐looking behavior," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 19(9), pages 1063-1074, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Aurélien Saussay, 2019. "Dynamic heterogeneity: rational habits and the heterogeneity of household responses to gasoline prices," Post-Print hal-03632598, HAL.
    2. Erik Nesson, 2012. "The Distributional Effects of Tobacco Control Policies On Adult Smoking Behavior," Working Papers 201207, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Jun 2012.
    3. Thomas Demuynck & Ewout Verriest, 2013. "I'll never forget my first cigarette: A revealed preference analysis of the 'habits as durables' model," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/252235, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    4. Audrey Laporte & Adrian Rohit Dass & Brian Ferguson, 2015. "Is the Rational Addiction model inherently impossible to estimate?," Working Papers 150011, Canadian Centre for Health Economics, revised Jun 2016.
    5. Erik Nesson, 2017. "Heterogeneity in Smokers' Responses to Tobacco Control Policies," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(2), pages 206-225, February.

  3. Audrey Laporte & Brian Ferguson, 2007. "Investment in health when health is stochastic," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 20(2), pages 423-444, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Carl‐Johan Dalgaard & Casper Worm Hansen & Holger Strulik, 2021. "Fetal origins—A life cycle model of health and aging from conception to death," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(6), pages 1276-1290, June.
    2. Harris, Matthew & Kohn, Jennifer, 2015. "Reference dependent utility from health and the demand for medical care," MPRA Paper 61926, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Strulik, Holger, 2015. "Frailty, mortality, and the demand for medical care," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 6(C), pages 5-12.
    4. Holger STRULIK, 2015. "A Closed-form Solution for the Health Capital Model," JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 81(3), pages 301-316, September.
    5. Hugonnier, J. & Pelgrin, F. & St-Amour, P., 2016. "Closing Down the Shop: Optimal Health and Wealth Dynamics near the End of Life," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 16/28, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
    6. Gauthier Tshiswaka-Kashalala & Steven F. Koch, 2015. "The Demand for Reproductive Health Care," Working Papers 533, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    7. Burggraf, Christine, 2017. "Russian demand for dietary quality: Nutrition transition, diet quality measurement, and health investment theory," Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Transition Economies, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), volume 86, number 86.
    8. Bolin, Kristian & Caputo, Michael R., 2020. "Consumption and investment demand when health evolves stochastically," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    9. Audrey Laporte, 2014. "Should the Grossman model of investment in health capital retain its iconic status?," Working Papers 140003, Canadian Centre for Health Economics, revised Jan 2015.
    10. Burggraf, Christine, 2017. "Russian demand for dietary quality: Nutrition transition, diet quality measurement, and health investment theory," Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Transition Economies 269539, Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO).
    11. Wrzaczek, Stefan & Kuhn, Michael & Frankovic, Ivan, 2019. "Using age-structure for a multi-stage optimal control model with random switching time," ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy 06/2019, TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Economics Research Unit.

  4. Laporte, Audrey & Ferguson, Brian S., 2003. "Income inequality and mortality: time series evidence from Canada," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(1), pages 107-117, October.

    Cited by:

    1. Latif Ehsan, 2015. "Income Inequality and Health: Panel Data Evidence from Canada," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 15(2), pages 927-959, April.
    2. Zheng, Hui, 2012. "Do people die from income inequality of a decade ago?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(1), pages 36-45.
    3. Çoban, Serap, 2008. "The Relationships among Mortality Rates, Income and Educational Inequality in Terms of Economic Growth: A Comparison between Turkey and the Euro Area," MPRA Paper 13296, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Ibrahima Bocoum & Aurelas B. Tohon & Roger Rukundo & Catherine Macombe & Jean-Pierre Revéret, 2019. "Effect of Income Inequality on Health in Quebec: New Insights from Panel Data," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(20), pages 1-17, October.
    5. Wilkinson, Richard G & Pickett, Kate E., 2006. "Income inequality and population health: A review and explanation of the evidence," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 62(7), pages 1768-1784, April.

  5. Brian S. Ferguson, 2000. "Interpreting the rational addiction model," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 9(7), pages 587-598, October.

    Cited by:

    1. Miguel à ngel Mendoza-González & Alberto Villagra-Piña, 2021. "Efectos de la Covid-19 y la restricción a la movilidad de las personas sobre el consumo adictivo de cigarros en México, 2005-2020," Remef - Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas Nueva Época REMEF (The Mexican Journal of Economics and Finance), Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas, IMEF, vol. 16(3), pages 1-20, Julio - S.
    2. Badi H. Baltagi & Ingo Geishecker, 2006. "Rational alcohol addiction: evidence from the Russian longitudinal monitoring survey," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 15(9), pages 893-914, September.
    3. Auld, M. Christopher & Grootendorst, Paul, 2004. "An empirical analysis of milk addiction," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 23(6), pages 1117-1133, November.
    4. Henry Shelton Brown & Steve Karson, 2013. "Cigarette Quitlines, Taxes, And Other Tobacco Control Policies: A State‐Level Analysis," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 22(6), pages 741-748, June.
    5. Thomas Demuynck & Ewout Verriest, 2013. "I'll never forget my first cigarette: A revealed preference analysis of the 'habits as durables' model," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/252235, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    6. Bolin, Kristian & Caputo, Michael R, 2022. "Specification of the Health Production Function and its Behavioral Implications," Working Papers in Economics 821, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
    7. Julian Reif, 2019. "A Model Of Addiction And Social Interactions," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 57(2), pages 759-773, April.
    8. Yaniv, Gideon, 2011. "Workaholism and marital estrangement: A rational-choice perspective," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 61(2), pages 104-108, March.
    9. Audrey Laporte & Adrian Rohit Dass & Brian Ferguson, 2015. "Is the Rational Addiction model inherently impossible to estimate?," Working Papers 150011, Canadian Centre for Health Economics, revised Jun 2016.
    10. Ole Rogeberg, 2003. "Preferences, Rationality and Welfare in Becker's Extended Utility Approach," Rationality and Society, , vol. 15(3), pages 283-323, August.
    11. Jon P. Nelson, 2010. "What is Learned from Longitudinal Studies of Advertising and Youth Drinking and Smoking? A Critical Assessment," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 7(3), pages 1-57, March.
    12. Reiner Hanewinkel & Christian Radden & Tobias Rosenkranz, 2008. "Price increase causes fewer sales of factory‐made cigarettes and higher sales of cheaper loose tobacco in Germany," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 17(6), pages 683-693, June.
    13. Yaniv, Gideon, 2008. "Obsessive-compulsive disorder and behavioral therapy: A rational-choice perspective," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 55(3), pages 405-415, May.
    14. Brosio, Giorgio & Zanola, Roberto, 2006. "Can violence be rational? An empirical analysis of Colombia," POLIS Working Papers 74, Institute of Public Policy and Public Choice - POLIS.
    15. Badi H. Baltagi & James M. Griffin, 2002. "Rational addiction to alcohol: panel data analysis of liquor consumption," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 11(6), pages 485-491, September.

  6. Ferguson, Brian S., 1985. "Physician objectives and resource allocation," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 4(1), pages 35-42, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Espen Bratberg & Alf Erling Risa, 1995. "Technological Diffusion Through Profit Seeking And Epidemic Information Processes," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(1), pages 27-40.

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  1. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (8) 2007-10-27 2009-07-28 2014-07-21 2015-08-13 2016-05-14 2016-05-28 2017-06-25 2017-07-23. Author is listed
  2. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (6) 2013-07-28 2013-12-29 2013-12-29 2013-12-29 2013-12-29 2013-12-29. Author is listed
  3. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (4) 2013-12-29 2013-12-29 2013-12-29 2013-12-29
  4. NEP-ECM: Econometrics (3) 2007-10-27 2016-04-30 2016-07-16
  5. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (2) 2013-07-28 2013-12-29
  6. NEP-CMP: Computational Economics (1) 2014-07-21
  7. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (1) 2007-10-27
  8. NEP-GER: German Papers (1) 2016-07-16
  9. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2013-07-28
  10. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (1) 2016-05-28
  11. NEP-MKT: Marketing (1) 2016-05-28
  12. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (1) 2017-07-23
  13. NEP-UPT: Utility Models and Prospect Theory (1) 2017-06-25

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