DRAFT: NOT TO BE CITED OR DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT PERMISSION Purity, price and production: Are drug markets different?
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Markets for drugs, prostitution and other prohibited goods and services are just that … markets. The first duty of economists is to show that the tools of conventional economics are applicable for the illegal markets as well. That is easily enough done with respect to demand. Many studies have shown that demand for illicit drugs is downwar