Limited rationality and the limits of supply reduction

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作者
Caulkins, JP [1 ]
MacCoun, R
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[1] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Heinz Sch Publ Policy, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
[2] RAND Corp, Drug Policy Res Ctr, Santa Monica, CA 90406 USA
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Goldman Sch Publ Policy, Boalt Hall Sch Law, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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10.1177/002204260303300208
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R194 [卫生标准、卫生检查、医药管理];
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Drug markets have been targeted for increasingly tough enforcement, yet retail prices for cocaine and heroin have fallen by 70-80%. No research has explained adequately why prices have fallen. This paper explores the possibility that part of the explanation may lie in the failure of drug dealers to respond to risks the way the simplest rational actor models might predict.
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