Recent Publications
Is the Addiction Concept Useful for Drug Policy?
MacCoun, R. J. (2003). Is the addiction concept useful for drug policy? In R. Vuchinich & N. Heather (eds.), Choice, behavioural economics and addiction. Oxford UK: Elsevier Science.
2003-08-01En busqueda del exito de las Politicas de Desarollo Rural, Implementation de una Vision Integral
de Janvry, Alain and Elisabeth Sadoulet. "En busqueda del exito de las Politicas de Desarollo Rural, Implementation de una Vision Integral." In Ramos, Alvaro, ed. Desarollo Rural Sostenible con Enfoque territorial: Politicas y Estrategias para Uruguay . Montevideo: IICA. 2003.
2003-07-01O cannabis! Pot decriminalization in Canada highlights America’s isolation.
MacCoun, R. (2003, 11 June). O cannabis! Pot decriminalization in Canada highlights America's isolation. San Francisco Chronicle, A27.
2003-06-11Progress in the Modeling of Rural Households’ Behavior under Market Failures
Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet. "Progress in the Modeling of Rural Households' Behavior under Market Failures." June 2003, in Alain de Janvry and Ravi Kanbur (ed.) Poverty, Inequality and Development. Essays in Honor of Erik Thorbecke, Kluwer publishing
2003-06-01Globalization and Health Economics
Scheffler, R. “Globalization and Health Economics.” Web exclusive: The World Bank – Viewpoints http://www.worldbank.org (June 2003).
2003-06-01This paper reviews the current status of the global pharmaceutical industry and its research and development focus in the context of the health care needs of the developing world. It will consider the attempts to improve access to critical drugs and vaccines, and increase the research effort directed at key public health priorities in the developing world. In particular, it will consider prospects for public-private collaboration. The challenges and opportunities in such public-private partnerships will be discussed briefly along with a look at factors that may be key to success. Much of the focus is on HIV/AIDS where the debate on the optimal balance between intellectual property rights (IPR) and human rights to life and health has been very public and emotive.
Political conservatism as motivated social cognition
Jost, J. T., Glaser, J., Sulloway, F., & Kruglanski, A.W. (2003). Political conservatism as motivated social cognition. Psychological Bulletin, 129, 339-375.
2003-06-01
Analyzing political conservatism as motivated social cognition integrates theories of personality (authoritarianism, dogmatism–intolerance of ambiguity), epistemic and existential needs (for closure,
regulatory focus, terror management), and ideological rationalization (social dominance, system justification). A meta-analysis (88 samples, 12 countries, 22,818 cases) confirms that several psychological
variables predict political conservatism: death anxiety (weighted mean r .50); system instability (.47);
dogmatism–intolerance of ambiguity (.34); openness to experience (–.32); uncertainty tolerance (–.27);
needs for order, structure, and closure (.26); integrative complexity (–.20); fear of threat and loss (.18);
and self-esteem (–.09). The core ideology of conservatism stresses resistance to change and justification
of inequality and is motivated by needs that vary situationally and dispositionally to manage uncertainty
and threat.
Comments on Chaloupka, Emery, and Laing
MacCoun, R. J. (2003). Comments on Chaloupka, Emery, and Laing. In R. Vuchinich & N. Heather (eds.), Choice, behavioural economics and addiction. Oxford UK: Elsevier Science.
2003-05-01Some Evidence on Race, Welfare Reform and Household Income
“Some Evidence on Race, Welfare Reform and Household Income,” American Economic Review, Volume 93, Number 2, pp. 293-298, May 2003 (with Marianne Bitler and Jonah Gelbach).
2003-05-01