This study focuses on the structure and evolution of a drug importation network that operated from Montreal, Canada, and that was the target of an extensive two-year criminal investigation. The investigation was atypical in that it followed a seize-but-do-not-arrest strategy - while eleven drug...

We characterize dynamic rational addiction to a harmful product by an informed individual who is connected to a network of users of the addictive product. The network harms the individual and imposes peer pressure on her to consume the addictive product. The network contributes to the state...