Freeborn, Beth A. - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2006
Contrary to one goal of drug law enforcement, cocaine prices decreased between the years 1986 and 2000. This paper … discusses how arrest avoidance behavior can affect cocaine consumer and dealer response to law enforcement. Dealers may avoid … arrest by incurring quick and easy sales; thus pure gram price is negatively related to dealer enforcement. Consumers avoid …