Trading apples for oranges?. Results of an experiment on the effects of Heroin and Cocaine price changes on addicts' polydrug use

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-311

  Jofre Bonet, Mireia ^a   Petry, Nancy M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Almost Ideal Demand System; Cross price elasticity; Economics of addiction; Own price elasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549113884     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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