The price elasticity of marijuana demand: evidence from crowd-sourced transaction data

Empirical Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1171-1192

  Davis, Adam J ^a   Geisler, Karl R ^b   Nichols, Mark W ^c  

^a Economist ADM Associates Inc   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Instrumental variable estimation; Marijuana demand

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ELASTICITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRICE DYNAMICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 84938511350     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-015-0992-1     Document Type: Article

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