Consumer Casualties

Exploring the Economics of Habit, Information, and Uncertainty in Japan
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-48183-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2679 g

Junmin Wan takes a two prong approach to analysing this pressure in Japan in his new volume Consumer Casualties. He first clarifies the consumer preference for habit to identify useful approaches toward solving a number of economic issues, such as gambling and other addictive practices.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wan, J.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Umwelt-, Konsum- und Werbepsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Verhaltensökonomik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Gesundheitsökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Rational Addiction with an Optimal Inventory: Theory and Evidence from Japanese Daily and Monthly Purchases 3. Response to Health Information: Theory and Evidence from Cigarette Consumption and Intake of Nicotine and Tar in Japan 4. Responses of Consumers to the Mandatory Disclosure of information: Evidence from Japanese Inter-brand Cigarette Sales 5. Is Gambling Addictive? Evidence from Pachinko Participation, Quitting, and Re-Initiating 6. Are Gambling and Smoking Complementary? Direct Tests from Japanese Individual Data 7. Tax Revenue in China and the Incentive to Declare Taxes: The Lottery Receipt Experiment 8. Is the Life-Cycle Model or Ono's Model Most Suitable for the Japanese?: Analysis by Time-Series Data and Surveys of Lottery Purchase and Large-Prize Winners 90 9. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Junmin Wan is Professor of Economics at Fukuoka University, Japan.