Estimating the relative efficiency of various forms of prevention at different stages of a drug epidemic

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-56

  Winkler, Doris ^a   Caulkins, Jonathan P ^b,c   Behrens, Doris A ^a,d   Tragler, Gernot ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Demand side control; Dynamical systems; Illicit drugs; Memory; Prevention; Reputation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DRUGS TRADE; EPIDEMIC; PLANNING METHOD;

EID: 0344440966     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0121(03)00027-2     Document Type: Article

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