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The war on illegal drugs in producer and consumer countries : a simple analytical framework
Mejía, Daniel (contributor) - 2008
relative effectiveness of interdiction efforts. -- War on drugs ; conflict ; enforcement ; prevention and treatment policies … demand for drugs) and enforcement policies (aimed at reducing the production and trafficking of drugs), and shows how the …
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NAFTA and drug-related violence in Mexico
Hidalgo, Eduardo; Hornung, Erik; Selaya, Pablo - 2022
We study how NAFTA changed the geography of violence in Mexico. We propose that this open border policy increased trafficking profits of Mexican cartels, resulting in violent competition among them. We test this hypothesis by comparing changes in drug-related homicides after NAFTA's introduction...
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NAFTA and drug-related violence in Mexico
Hidalgo, Eduardo; Hornung, Erik; Selaya, Pablo - 2022
We study how NAFTA changed the geography of violence in Mexico. We propose that this open border policy increased trafficking profits of Mexican cartels, resulting in violent competition among them. We test this hypothesis by comparing changes in drug-related homicides after NAFTA's introduction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013399561
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Fueling organized crime : the Mexican War on Drugs and oil thefts
Battiston, Giacomo; Daniele, Gianmarco; Le Moglie, Marco; … - 2022
We show that the War on Drugs launched by the Mexican President Felipe Calderón in 2007 pushed drug cartels into large-scale oil thefts. Municipalities that the presidential candidate’s party barely won at the local elections in 2007-2009 exhibit a larger increase in illegal oil taps over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801469
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Globalization and domestic conflict
Garfinkel, Michelle R.; Skaperdas, Stergios; … - 2005
?). Thus, conflict is viewed as ultimately stemming from imperfect property-rights enforcement. When comparing autarky with …We examine how globalization affects trade patterns and welfare when conflict prevails domestically. We do so in a … conflict. We find that importers of the contested resource gain unambiguously. By contrast, countries exporting the contested …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261309
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Is the war on drugs working? : examining the Colombian case using micro data
Ibanez, Marcela - 2013
The intense debate on the effectiveness of the war on drugs contrasts with the lack of empirical evidence on its impacts. To evaluate the effectiveness of control-supply policies, we use micro data from an original survey with farmers living in a coca growing area in Colombia. We find that while...
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Opium for the masses?: conflict-induced narcotics production in Afghanistan
Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl Ove; Willumsen, Fredrik - 2009
. Exploiting a unique data set, we show that Western hostile casualties, our proxy for conflict, have strong impact on subsequent … where government law enforcement is weak. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264577
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Opium for the masses? Conflict-induced narcotics production in Afghanistan
Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl Ove - 2009
. Exploiting a unique data set, we show that Western hostile casualties, our proxy for conflict, have strong impact on subsequent … where government law enforcement is weak. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275898
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Counteracting cocaine production : an analysis based on a novel dataset
Leoncini, Riccardo; Rentocchini, Francesco - 2010
he debate about the effectiveness of the counteracting policies against the supply of drugs, in particular of cocaine, is very lively and intense. Indeed, since many opinions are based on certain measures rather than others, the construction of reliable indicators is one of the preconditions for...
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A survey-based choice experiment on coca cultivation
Ibanez, Marcela; Carlsson, Frederik - 2009
From 1997 to 2005, an astonishing 5,200 million USD was invested to reduce cocaine production in Colombia, the world's main cocaine producer. However, little is known about the effectiveness of policies targeting coca cultivation. This paper uses a surveybased experiment to evaluate the effects...
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