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This paper models illicit drug dealers as territorial monopolists. The model shows that an increase in efforts to reduce the supply of illicit drugs decreases a dealer’s expected monopoly returns over drug turf. Consequently, efforts to acquire drug turf through violence are reduced.
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This research was funded by a Cameron School of Business Summer Research Grant at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
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Burrus, R.T. Do efforts to reduce the supply of illicit drugs increase turf war violence? a theoretical analysis. J Econ Finan 23, 226–234 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02757707
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