de Grauwe, Paul and Costa Storti, Claudia, eds. (2012) Illicit trade and the global economy. CESifo seminar series . MIT Press, Massachusetts, USA. ISBN 9780262016551
Abstract
As international trade has expanded dramatically in the postwar period--an expansion accelerated by the opening of China, Russia, India, and Eastern Europe--illicit international trade has grown in tandem with it. This volume uses the economist's toolkit to examine the economic, political, and social problems resulting from such illicit activities as illegal drug trade, smuggling, and organized crime. The contributors consider several aspects of the illegal drug market, including the sometimes puzzling relationships among purity, price, and risk; the effect of globalization on the heroin and cocaine markets, examined both through mathematical models and with empirical data from the U.K; the spread of khat, a psychoactive drug imported legally to the U.K. as a vegetable; and the economic effect of the "war on drugs" on producer and consumer countries. Other chapters examine the hidden financial flows of organized crime, patterns of smuggling in international trade, Iran's illicit trading activity, and the impact of mafia-like crime on foreign direct investment in Italy.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Official URL: | http://mitpress.mit.edu/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 MIT Press |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F10 - General K - Law and Economics > K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior > K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law |
| Sets: | Departments > European Institute Collections > Economists Online |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2012 08:30 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/46631/ |
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