Persistence in the political economy of conflict: The case of the Afghan drug industry

AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn FS-10-03, Issue , 2010, Pages 86-92

  Łatek, Maciej M ^a   Rizi, Seyed M Mussavi ^a   Geller, Armando ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS; DIFFERENT STAGES; DRUG INDUSTRIES; DRUG TRAFFICKING; INDIVIDUAL RATIONALITY; MULTI-AGENT MODEL; POLITICAL ECONOMY; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

CRIME;

EID: 79960145788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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