Dynamics of Intervention in the War on Drugs : The Build-Up to the Harrison Act of 1914

The economics literature cites the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 as the start of the War on Drugs. With few exceptions, the literature fails to explain the dynamic nature of interventionism. This paper uses a dynamic model of interventionism to show that state and federal legislation passed in the late 19th century produced unintended consequences that ultimately led to the passage of the Harrison Act

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Redford, Audrey ; Powell, Benjamin
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (32 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: The Independent Review, Spring 2016 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments May 15, 2015 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2533166 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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