Illicit trade and the global economy

As international trade has expanded dramatically in the postwar period--an expansion accelerated by the opening of China, Russia, India, and Eastern Europe--illicit international trade has grown in tandem with it. This volume uses the economist's toolkit to examine the economic, political, and...

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Otros Autores: Costa, Cláudia (Editor ) ; De Grauwe, Paul (Otro) ; CESifo GmbH (Otro) ; De Grauwe, Paul 1946-
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] MIT Press c 2012
En:Año: 2012
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
Aufsatzsammlung
Drogenwirtschaft
Globalisierung
Globalization
Illegaler Handel
International Trade
International trade
Konferenzschrift
Organisierte Kriminalität
Organized Crime
Organized crime
Welt
Wirtschaftskriminalität > Welthandel > Globalisierung
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Sumario:As international trade has expanded dramatically in the postwar period--an expansion accelerated by the opening of China, Russia, India, and Eastern Europe--illicit international trade has grown in tandem with it. This volume uses the economist's toolkit to examine the economic, political, and social problems resulting from such illicit activities as illegal drug trade, smuggling, and organized crime. - The contributors consider several aspects of the illegal drug market, including the sometimes puzzling relationships among purity, price, and risk; the effect of globalization on the heroin and cocaine markets, examined both through mathematical models and with empirical data from the U.K; the spread of khat, a psychoactive drug imported legally to the U.K. as a vegetable; and the economic effect of the "war on drugs" on producer and consumer countries. Other chapters examine the hidden financial flows of organized crime, patterns of smuggling in international trade, Iran's illicit trading activity, and the impact of mafia-like crime on foreign direct investment in Italy.
Notas:Enth. 9 Beitr
Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:X, 266 S. graph. Darst., Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:0262016559
9780262016551