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Trading apples for oranges?: Results of an experiment on the effects of Heroin and Cocaine price changes on addicts' polydrug use

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  • Jofre-Bonet, Mireia
  • Petry, Nancy M.

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This paper studies polydrug use patterns in Heroin and Cocaine addicts from experiments measuring drug elasticities during changes in Heroin and Cocaine prices. Heroin addicts' demand for Heroin is inelastic; Cocaine, Marijuana, and Alcohol are complements, and Valium and Cigarettes are substitutes for Heroin. Heroin addicts' demand for Cocaine is inelastic; Marijuana and Valium are substitutes, and Alcohol is a complement. Cocaine addicts' demand for Cocaine is elastic; complements are Heroin and Alcohol, and substitutes are Marijuana and Valium. Cocaine addicts' demand for Heroin is inelastic; Alcohol is a complement while Cocaine, Marijuana and Valium are substitutes.

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Volume (Year): 66 (2008)
Issue (Month): 2 (May)
Pages: 281-311

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Cited by:

  1. Mireia Jofre-Bonet & Jody L. Sindelar, 2002. "Drug Treatment as a Crime Fighting Tool," NBER Working Papers 9038, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Olmstead, Todd A. & Alessi, Sheila M. & Kline, Brendan & Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo & Petry, Nancy M., 2015. "The price elasticity of demand for heroin: Matched longitudinal and experimental evidence," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 59-71.
  3. James Piazza, 2011. "The illicit drug trade, counternarcotics strategies and terrorism," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 149(3), pages 297-314, December.
  4. Sarah Brown & Mark N Harris & Preety Srivastava, 2013. "Modelling Illegal Drug Participation in Australia," Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series WP1303, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School.

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