Handbook of Operant Behavioral Economics
Demand, Discounting, Methods, and Applications
- 1st Edition - July 1, 2025
- Editors: Derek D. Reed, Brent A. Kaplan, Shawn P. Gilroy
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 7 4 5 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 7 4 6 - 5
Handbook of Operant Behavioral Economics: Demand, Discounting, Methods, and Applications covers two major domains of operant behavioral economics: operant demand and reward di… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHandbook of Operant Behavioral Economics: Demand, Discounting, Methods, and Applications covers two major domains of operant behavioral economics: operant demand and reward discounting. The book reviews the historical foundations of this approach, including both human and nonhuman research methods for studying demand and discounting, quantitative modeling of these processes, and educational and clinical applications. The last section provides the readers with a specific discussion on how to begin translating these concepts to policy development and resources for starting a line of research in these areas.
Written for graduate students, clinicians, and academics, this book serves as a resource for readers both new to behavioral economics and those with specific expertise in the field.
- Includes practical guidance on best practices for conducting behavioral economic studies and analyses
- Reviews quantitative models of operant demand and discounting
- Outlines resources for beginning lines of operant behavioral economic research
- Establishes contemporary discussions of behavioral economics and implications for application
Students and faculty/researchers in the areas of psychology, substance use, behavioral pharmacology, behavior analysis, clinical psychology, behavioral economics, and behavioral science
2. Introduction to Operant Demand
3. Nonhuman Research Methods/Procedures for Studying Operant Demand
4. Human Research Methods for Studying Operant Demand
5. Quantitative Models of Operant Demand
6. Educational and Applied Behavior Analytic Implications of Demand
7. Clinical and Behavioral Health Implications of Demand
8. Introduction to Discounting
9. Nonhuman Research Methods/Procedures for Studying Discounting
10. Human Research Methods for Studying Discounting
11. Quantitative Models of Discounting
12. Educational and Applied Behavior Analytic Implications of Discounting
13. Clinical and Behavioral Health Implications of Demand
14. Policy Implications for Applied Behavioral Economics
15. Consumer Behavioral Economics & Consumer Behavior Analysis
16. Resources for Beginning Lines of Operant Behavioral Economic Research
- No. of pages: 325
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 1, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323957458
- eBook ISBN: 9780323957465
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Derek D. Reed
Dr. Reed is Director of Applied Behavioral Sciences at Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc. His research programs apply behavioral economic principles to understand and treat issues of societal importance. He is an author of a textbook and has co-edited three other books. He has served as Associate Editor for Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, The Psychological Record, and Behavior Analysis in Practice. Dr. Reed was previously the Executive Director for the Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior and Coordinator for the ABAI Science Board. His research program has been recognized with the APA Division 25 B. F. Skinner New Applied Researcher Award, Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Don Hake Translational Research Award, and the Federation of Associations of Behavioral and Brain Sciences’ Early Career Impact Award. He has over 200 publications.
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Brent A. Kaplan
Dr. Kaplan is a Data Scientist in the Innovation Department at Advocates for Human Potential. He obtained his PhD from the University of Kansas in 2016, completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Virginia Tech in 2019, and most recently worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky. He has contributed over 65 peer-reviewed journal articles in behavioral economics, behavioral science, substance use, policy implications, and statistics and methodological tools for experimental psychology. Dr. Kaplan develops and publishes software tools and quantitative methods to aid behavioral economic research, including the R packages beezdemand and beezdiscounting and the R Shiny web app shinybeez. His significant research and scholarly contributions have been recognized with numerous honors and awards, including the APA Division 25 B. F. Skinner New Researcher Award and the APA Division 28 Outstanding Dissertation Award.
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