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Mental Illness and the Demand for Alcohol, Cocaine, and Cigarettes.

This article estilnates the effect of mental illness on demand for addictive substances, allowing for structural endogeneity and simultaneity between mental illness and addictive consumption. Results show that individuals with a history of mental illness are 26% more likely to consume alcohol, 66% m...

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Published in:Economic Inquiry Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 229 - 247
Main Authors: Saffer, Henry, Dave, Dhaval
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell April 2005
Subjects:
Cocaine
Cigarettes
People with mental illness
Alcoholic beverages
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