Should drug policy be aimed at cartel leaders? : breaking down a peaceful equilibrium

Experience from the last decade in Colombia and Mexico suggests that violence increases when governments achieve their objective of beheading and fragmenting drug trafficking organizations (DTOs). In this paper I provide a theoretical framework to understand this behavior. Drawing elements from indu...

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Autores:
Castillo Hernández, Juan Camilo
Tipo de recurso:
Work document
Fecha de publicación:
2013
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8455
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8455
Palabra clave:
Illegal drug markets
Supply reduction
Violence
War on drugs
Control de drogas y narcóticos
Narcotráfico
Violencia
D74, K42
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/