Estimating the Elasticities of Demand for Cocaine and Heroin with Data from 21 Cities from the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) Program, 1987-1991

The objective of this research was to estimate the elasticity of the demand for cocaine and heroin with respect to the price. Price elasticity is the percentage of change in the dependent quantity corresponding to a one-percent change in price. The project involved the development of an econometric...

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Main Author: Caulkins, Jonathan P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 1997
In:Year: 1997
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
ADAM/DUF Program
Alcohol abuse
Cocaine
Consumption
crime patterns
criminal histories
demographic characteristics
Drug dependence
drug law offenses
Drug offenders
drug related crimes
Drug Testing
Drug traffic
Drug use
gun use
handguns
Heroin
price fluctuations
Recidivism prediction
Substance Abuse
Trends
urinalysis
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