Download This PaperUnintended Consequences of Enforcement in Illicit Markets
10 Pages Posted: 19 Jul 2014
Date Written: July 17, 2014
Abstract
Legal enforcement of bans on goods can reduce the size of the black market but lead to greater violence by increasing revenue in the illicit market. However, the link between enforcement and violence is not as simple as is suggested by the textbook model, even for a competitive market. Nevertheless, under plausible assumptions more enforcement on trafficking in the illicit good leads to more violence.
Keywords: black markets, enforcement, violence
JEL Classification: K420, H89
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Prieger, James E. and Kulick, Jonathan, Unintended Consequences of Enforcement in Illicit Markets (July 17, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2467898 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2467898
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