Well-being and Public Attitudes in Afghanistan
Some insights from the economics of happiness
Carol Graham & Soumya Chattopadhyay
Volume 10, Number 3, 2009, pages 105 - 147
Afghanistan is a context where individuals have to cope with the most adverse of circumstances. Our study of happiness finds that Afghans conform to a remarkably consistent worldwide pattern in the determinants of happiness across individuals within countries of all different development levels. Ave ... Read more
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Endangering the War on Terror by the War on Drugs
Deepak Lal
Volume 9, Number 3, 2008, pages 1 - 30
The century-old US War on Drugs based on supply control measures is endangering its War on Terror in Afghanistan. With opium poppy cultivation the most profitable crop available to Afghan farmers, the Taliban has been able to use the illegal profits from the trade to buy arms and recruit farmers by ... Read more
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Reply to Aldo Matteucci, ‘Is Suicide Terrorism a Novel Economic Phenomenon?’ FREE ARTICLE
Mark Harrison
Volume 8, Number 1, 2007, pages 241 - 243
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Is Suicide Terrorism a Novel Economic Phenomenon? FREE ARTICLE
A response to Mark Harrison’s ‘An Economist Looks at Suicide Terrorism’
Aldo Matteucci
Volume 8, Number 1, 2007, pages 239 - 240
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An Economist Looks at Suicide Terrorism
Mark Harrison
Volume 7, Number 3, 2006, pages 1 - 15
Suicide terrorism has an economic aspect. The organisation of a suicide mission requires an incentive, a voluntary transaction, and a contract that is enforceable by the parties to it. A terrorist faction that competes for power in a community that is both oppressed and oppressive provides young peo ... Read more
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The Nature of Corruption in Forest Management
Charles Palmer
Volume 6, Number 2, 2005, pages 1 - 10
Corruption is a well-documented and common feature of natural resource management in the developing world. This article investigates the nature of corruption and whether or not there is such a thing as a ‘tolerable’ level of corruption, particularly where there is an established culture of patronage ... Read more
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The Costs of Violent Crime
Giles Atkinson, Susana Mourato & Andrew Healey
Volume 4, Number 4, 2003, pages 79 - 94
This paper reviews a number of studies that have sought to estimate the
economic costs of criminal offending and, more specifically, violent crime. Firstly,
it discusses those approaches that have sought to describe the ‘big picture’ by
calculating the aggregate burden of all crime. These studies ... Read more
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An Economic Analysis of the Mafia
David Maddison & Marilena Pollicino
Volume 4, Number 2, 2003, pages 163 - 177
This paper reviews the current economic thinking on the Mafia phenomenon. It
distinguishes the Mafia from ordinary criminal gangs by the desire of the former
for the exclusive right to commit criminal acts. The existence of the Mafia in
particular locations at particular times is explained by the ... Read more
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Cartels
Where is the case for criminal sanctions?
Jennifer Skilbeck
Volume 4, Number 2, 2003, pages 1 - 12
Imprisonment of directors and employees for taking part in cartel activity is
becoming an increasingly common penalty in western jurisdictions. Generally it
is the only competition law offence that attracts a criminal sanction either as a
matter of law or practice. This article examines the evide ... Read more
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Measuring Global Drug Markets
How good are the numbers and why should we care about them?
Peter Reuter & Victoria Greenfield
Volume 2, Number 4, 2001, pages 159 - 173
The continuing demand for measures of the size of global drug revenues has
produced a supply of numbers that consistently overstate international financial
flows. This paper shows that, rather than $500 billion, the annual figure in trade
terms may be about $25 billion. As with many refined agric ... Read more
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Prohibition and the Market for Illegal Drugs
An overview of recent history
Suren Basov , Mireille Jacobson & Jeffrey A. Miron
Volume 2, Number 4, 2001, pages 133 - 157
Over the past 25 years in the United States, enforcement of drug prohibition has
expanded dramatically. Over the same period, however, the trends in drug
production and consumption have been essentially flat, and the real, purityadjusted prices of both cocaine and heroin have more than halved. Thi ... Read more
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What Do We Know About the Shadow Economy?
Evidence from 21 OECD countries
Friedrich Schneider
Volume 2, Number 4, 2001, pages 19 - 32
Estimates of the size of the shadow economy in 21 OECD countries are
presented. The average size of the shadow economy (as a percentage of ‘official’
GDP) over 1999/2000 in these countries is 16.7%. The author concludes that it is
the increasing burden of taxation and social security contribution ... Read more
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The Black Economy - Benefit frauds or tax evaders?
Jim Thomas
Volume 1, Number 1, 2000, pages 167 - 175
One answer to the question "How Rich are We?" is to compare levels of National Income either across countries or for a single country over time. However, the relevance of this approach depends on how accurately National Income measures the output of goods and services of a country. While it is dif ... Read more
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