Anti-drug policies: on the wrong path to peace

The objective of this research is to analyze why drug prohibition policy is the observed outcome on the international political arena and its effects on the Colombian conflict. A gravity model based on Akerlof (1997) is implemented to examine the international drug policy equilibrium of a game that...

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Autores:
Maldonado Jaramillo, Hernán
Tipo de recurso:
Work document
Fecha de publicación:
2006
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/7975
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/7975
Palabra clave:
Drugs rents
Gravity model
Colombia
Conflict resolution
Control de drogas y narcóticos - Colombia
Narcotráfico - Colombia
Solución de conflictos - Colombia
Política internacional - Colombia
F42, K42, O54
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:The objective of this research is to analyze why drug prohibition policy is the observed outcome on the international political arena and its effects on the Colombian conflict. A gravity model based on Akerlof (1997) is implemented to examine the international drug policy equilibrium of a game that shows how drug prohibition is a stable suboptimal policy. Finally, this work suggests how applying a less restrictive regulatory framework to the drug market can lead to a reduction on the rents obtained by illegal groups from the drug business and, therefore, to a reduction on the intensity of the Colombian conflict.