Daniel Mejia

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The War on Illegal Drug Production and Trafficking: An Economic Evaluation of Plan Colombia

Documento CEDE No. 2008-19
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 14 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2013
Daniel Mejia and Pascual Restrepo
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Hard drugs, conflict, war on drugs, Plan Colombia

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Cocaine Production and Trafficking: What Do We Know?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4618
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Daniel Mejia and Carlos Esteban Posada
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Banco de la Republica
Downloads 711 (45,629)
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Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Environmental Economics & Policies, Crime and Society, Crops & Crop Management Systems, Economic Theory & Research

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Bushes and Bullets: Illegal Cocaine Markets and Violence in Colombia

Documento CEDE No. 2013-53
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 14 Nov 2013
Daniel Mejia and Pascual Restrepo
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Violence, Illegal Markets, Cocaine, Colombia

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Scarcity Without Leviathan: The Violent Effects of Cocaine Supply Shortages in the Mexican Drug War

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Scarcity Without Leviathan: The Violent Effects of Cocaine Supply Shortages in the Mexican Drug War

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2018
Juan Camilo Castillo, Daniel Mejia and Pascual Restrepo
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics
Downloads 446 (81,371)
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War on Drugs, Violence, Illegal Markets, Mexico, Cocaine Trade

Scarcity Without Leviathan: The Violent Effects of Cocaine Supply Shortages in the Mexican Drug War

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 356
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 22 Jun 2014
Juan Camilo Castillo, Daniel Mejia and Pascual Restrepo
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Rule of Law, War on Drugs, Violence, Illegal Markets, Mexico

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The Microeconomics of Cocaine Production and Trafficking in Colombia (La Microeconomía De La Producción Y Tráfico De Cocaína En Colombia)

Documento CEDE No. 2010-19
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Aug 2010
Daniel Mejia and Daniel Mauricio Rico Valencia
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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cocaína, narcotráfico, Colombia

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The Deterrent Effect of Public Surveillance Cameras on Crime

Documento CEDE No. 2017-09
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Feb 2017
Santiago Gomez-Cardona, Daniel Mejia and Santiago Tobon
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Universidad EAFIT
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Public Surveillance Cameras; Deterrence; Incapacitation, Law Enforcement; Crime

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The Economics of the War on Illegal Drug Production and Trafficking

Documento CEDE No. 2013-54
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 14 Nov 2013
Daniel Mejia and Pascual Restrepo
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Hard Drugs, Conflict, War on Drugs, Plan Colombia

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The Rise and Persistence of Illegal Crops: Evidence from a Naive Policy Announcement

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The Rise and Persistence of Illegal Crops: Evidence from a Naive Policy Announcement

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 17 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2021
Mounu Prem, Juan F. Vargas and Daniel Mejia
Universidad del Rosario, Universidad del Rosario and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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The Rise and Persistence of Illegal Crops: Evidence from a Naive Policy Announcement

Documento CEDE No. 2019-39
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Oct 2019
Daniel Mejia, Mounu Prem and Juan F. Vargas
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, Universidad del Rosario and Universidad del Rosario
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Coca growing, Drug war, Anticipation effects, Policy announcement, Colombia

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Hot Spots Policing in a High Crime Environment: An Experimental Evaluation in Medellín

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Hot Spots Policing in a High Crime Environment: An Experimental Evaluation in Medellín

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Jan 2019
Daniela Collazos, Eduardo Garcia, Daniel Mejia, Daniel Ortega and Santiago Tobon
Secretariat of Security of Bogota, University of Rochester, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, CAF Development Bank of Latin America and Universidad EAFIT
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Crime, Spillover Effects, Police, Hot Spots, Field Experiment, Colombia

Hot Spots Policing in a High Crime Environment: An Experimental Evaluation in Medellín

Documento CEDE No. 2019-01
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Feb 2019
Daniela Collazos, Eduardo Garcia, Daniel Mejia, Daniel Ortega and Santiago Tobon
Secretariat of Security of Bogota, University of Rochester, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, CAF Development Bank of Latin America and Universidad EAFIT
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The War on Illegal Drugs in Producer and Consumer Countries: A Simple Analytical Framework

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2459
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Nov 2008
Daniel Mejia
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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war on drugs, conflict, enforcement, prevention and treatment policies, Plan Columbia

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The War on Illegal Drugs in Producer and Consumer Countries: A Simple Analytical Framework

Documento CEDE No. 2011-02
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Feb 2011
Daniel Mejia and Pascual Restrepo
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics
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war on drugs, conflict, enforcement, treatment and prevention policies, Plan Colombia

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Crime and Conspicuous Consumption

Documento CEDE No. 2010-32
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Dec 2010
Daniel Mejia and Pascual Restrepo
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Crime, Conspicuous Consumption, Concerns for Status

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The Health Consequences of Aerial Spraying of Illicit Crops: The Case of Colombia

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 408
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jun 2015
Adriana Camacho and Daniel Mejia
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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Aerial spraying, Eradication policies, health, Plan Colombia, Glyphosate

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The Deterrent Effect of Surveillance Cameras on Crime

Documentos de trabajo, N° 20-12, 2020
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Apr 2020
Santiago Tobon, Daniel Mejia and Santiago Gómez
Universidad EAFIT, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Surveillance Cameras, Deterrence, Incapacitation, Law Enforcement, Crime, Colombia

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Police Reform, Training and Crime: Experimental Evidence from Colombia's Plan Cuadrantes

Documento CEDE No. 2013-04
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Mar 2013
Juan Garcia, Daniel Mejia and Daniel Ortega
Fundación Ideas para la Paz, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA)
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Crime, Public Sector Training, Field Experiments

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An Evaluation of the Macarena Integral Consolidation Plan (PCIM)

Documento CEDE No. 2011-13
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 13 Jun 2011
Daniel Mejia, Maria Jose Uribe and Ana M. Ibáñez
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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Macarena, Consolidation Plan, Colombia, Anti-Drug Policies

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Ponzi Schemes and the Financial Sector: DMG and DRFE in Colombia

Documento CEDE No. 2017-35
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 May 2017
Marc Hofstetter, Daniel Mejia, José Rosas and Miguel Urrutia
Universidad de los Andes, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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Ponzi Schemes; Pyramids; Colombia; Financial Sector; Savings and Loans; Loan Ratings

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Certainty vs. Severity Revisited: Evidence for Colombia

Documento CEDE No. 2016-21
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Jun 2016
Camilo Acosta, Daniel Mejia and Angela Zorro Medina
Universidad EAFIT - School of Economics and Finance - Center for Research in Economic & Finance (CIEF), Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Yale Law School
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Law and Economics, Crime Economics, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Certainty, Severity, Colombia

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Is Violence Against Union Members in Colombia Systematic and Targeted?

Documento CEDE No. 2009-28
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2015
Daniel Mejia and Maria Jose Uribe
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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Violence, Targeted Killings, Unions, Union Activity

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On the Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Colombia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7409
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Daniel Mejia, Pascual Restrepo and Sandra Rozo
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, Boston University - Department of Economics and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Armed Conflict

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The Socioeconomic Patterns of COVID Outside Advanced Economies: The Case of Bogotá

Documento CEDE No. 45
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 02 Dec 2020
Marcela Eslava, Oscar Becerra, Juan-Camilo Cárdenas, Margarita Isaacs and Daniel Mejia
University of the Andes (CEDE), Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, Universidad de Los Andes, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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COVID, Inequality, Socioeconomic Impact, Psychological Biases, Latin America, Colombia

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The Unintended Consequences of the U.S. Adversarial Model in Latin American Crime

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 10 Sep 2020
Angela Zorro Medina, Camilo Acosta and Daniel Mejia
University of Chicago - Department of Sociology, Universidad EAFIT - School of Economics and Finance - Center for Research in Economic & Finance (CIEF) and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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criminal procedural revolution, plea bargaining, certainty, severity, celerity.

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Informality and Optimal Public Policy

Documento CEDE No. 2016-01
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Feb 2016
David Bardey and Daniel Mejia
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
Downloads 38 (533,713)
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Informality, public good and enforcement

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The Pharmacological Channel Revisited: Alcohol Sales Restrictions and Crime in Bogotá

Documento CEDE No. 2013-20
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 May 2013
Joao De Mello, Daniel Mejia and Lucia Suarez
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) - Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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Alcohol restrictions, crime, pharmacological channel

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CSI in the Tropics Experimental Evidence of Improved Public Service Delivery Through Coordination

Documento CEDE No. 20
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 18 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2020
Daniela Collazos, Leopoldo Fergusson, Miguel La Rota, Daniel Mejia and Daniel Ortega
Secretariat of Security of Bogota, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, Crime and Justice Lab, Colombia, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and CAF Development Bank of Latin America
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Crime, Homicides, Team work, Public sector

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The Pharmacological Channel Revisited: Alcohol Sales Restrictions and Crime in Bogota

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-394
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Jun 2013
Joao Mello, Daniel Mejia and Lucia Suarez
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
Downloads 21 (635,559)
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The Unintended Consequences of the U.S. Adversarial Model in Latin American Crime

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 09 Sep 2020
Angela Zorro Medina, Camilo Acosta and Daniel Mejia
Yale Law School, Universidad EAFIT - School of Economics and Finance - Center for Research in Economic & Finance (CIEF) and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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Crime Economics, Criminal Procedure, Criminology, Law and Economics, Latin America

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Broken Windows Policing and Crime: Evidence from 80 Colombian Cities

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Sep 2021
Daniel Mejia, Ervyn Norza, Santiago Tobon and Martín Vanegas-Arias
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, Policía Nacional de Colombia, Universidad EAFIT and Universidad EAFIT - School of Economics and Finance - Center for Research in Economic & Finance (CIEF)
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crime, violence, police, arrests, spillovers