| Article ID: | iaor19941789 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 41 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page Number: | 848 |
| End Page Number: | 863 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1993 |
| Journal: | Operations Research |
| Authors: | Caulkins Jonathan P. |
| Keywords: | economics |
This paper introduces a model that describes how local drug markets might respond to intensive local enforcement operations known as crackdowns. The model supports the intuition of some drug policy analysts and makes concrete suggestions for how crackdowns should be managed.