Illegal Drugs and Public Corruption: Crack Based Evidence from California
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- Flamini, Alessandro & Jahanshahi, Babak & Mohaddes, Kamiar, 2021. "Illegal drugs and public corruption: Crack based evidence from California," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
- Alessandro Flamini & Babak Jahanshahi & Kamiar Mohaddes, 2018. "Illegal drugs and public corruption: Crack based evidence from California," CAMA Working Papers 2018-39, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
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Keywords
Public corruption; crack cocaine; synthetic control; illegal drugs; and law enforcement;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2018-09-24 (Law and Economics)
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