Arrest avoidance: Law enforcement and the price of cocaine

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-40

  Freeborn, Beth A ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 66149142806     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592719     Document Type: Article

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