Can price get the monkey off our back? A meta-analysis of illicit drug demand

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-68

  Gallet, Craig A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D12; I18

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; PUBLICATION;

D12; I18; ILLICIT DRUG PRICE ELASTICITY; META-ANALYSIS;

COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84890564395     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2902     Document Type: Article

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