Why changes in price matter when thinking about marijuana policy: A review of the literature on the elasticity of demand

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo ^a,b   Lundberg, Russell ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Marijuana; Price; Price elasticity of demand

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS USE; COST; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; TAX; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG MARKETING; DSM-IV; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EFFECT SIZE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; LAW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POLICE; PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND; TOTAL ELASTICITY OF DEMAND; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

EID: 84899700083     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: 21076952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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