Quantitative Economon Model of Transactions for Drugs and Other Commodities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An economon is a dyadic economic unit of two participants who exchange mutually reinforcing commodities (e.g., addictive drugs for money). A human economon often consists of a buyer providing money to a supplier, while the supplier reciprocally provides some commodity to the buyer. Here, we develop the Quantitative Economon Model (QEM) by reviewing basic principles of behavioral economics and translating those principles into a quantitative model characterizing transactional behavior between buyers and suppliers that would be applicable to transactions involving drugs specifically, as well as other commodities. According to the model, transactions between a buyer and supplier depend on their respective economic demand for the commodities exchanged. Additionally, the mode

SUBMITTER: Haynes JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12265639 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature