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Anti-Drug Policies: On The Wrong Path To Peace

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  • Hernán Maldonado Jaramillo

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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.

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  • Hernán Maldonado Jaramillo, 2006. "Anti-Drug Policies: On The Wrong Path To Peace," Documentos CEDE 2011, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
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    Keywords

    Drugs rents; Gravity model; Colombia; Conflict resolution;
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    JEL classification:

    • F42 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - International Policy Coordination and Transmission
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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