Do prices count? A micro-econometric study of illicit drug consumption based on self-reported data

Empirical Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 673-695

  Bretteville Jensen, Anne Line ^a,b   Biørn, Erik ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Cross price elasticity; Drug dealing; Heroin; Price response

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DRUG USER; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY]; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 4644319843     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-004-0205-9     Document Type: Article

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