Can Supply Restrictions Lower Price? Violence, Drug Dealing and Positional Advantage

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Caulkins, Jonathan P ^a   Reuter, Peter ^b   Taylor, Lowell J ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

drug markets; illegal drugs; positional advantage in markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649120259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1538-0645.1387     Document Type: Article

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