Peculiarities of Economic Behavior of Consumers of Addictive Goods
The article is devoted to the identification and analysis of the peculiarities of the economic behavior of consumers of addictive goods for increasing the effectiveness of state regulation of the appropriate markets: an increase of the marginal utility of consumption of addictive goods as their consumption has increased in the past; low elasticity of demand according to income and price; zero utility for a completely addictive consumer of other goods, except addictive; As the addiction develops, the various preferences of consumers change in favor of addictive ones and within a limited period of time can be considered as stable; with the development of addiction, the loss of the connection between the level of consumption of addictive goods and the budget limitation and the coverage of the deficit from criminal sources. Abuse of addictive goods is characterized by feedback between the change in the profitability of human capital and the costs of the consumer. In the state regulation of the markets of addictive goods, it is essential to take into account: the differentiated use of methods and means for demand reduction, depending on the degree of consumer addiction; investments in reducing the degradation of human capital caused by consumption of addictive goods are a factor contributing to economic growth; The most effective way to optimize consumption of addictive goods is the combination of economic and non-economic demand regulators.