Historique
Article de Périodique
On the resilience of illegal drug markets (2007)
(Sur la résilience des marchés des drogues illicites)
Auteur(s) :
BOUCHARD, M.
Année
2007
Page(s) :
325-344
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
64
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Résumé :
This paper argues that the concept of resilience is a fruitful way of understanding the impact of repressive policies on illegal drug markets. For the purpose of this article, resilience is defined as the ability of market participants to preserve the existing levels of exchanges between buyers and sellers, despite external pressure aimed at disrupting the trade. The first part of the paper highlights how some of the core features of illegal drug markets, a decentralized structure and high prices, contribute to increasing their resilience to attacks. The second part develops a framework that can be used to compare markets on the basis of their resilient properties. Some of the empirical and policy implications of the framework are discussed in the conclusion. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
School of Criminology, Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada
Cote :
Abonnement