Economics and marijuana
Subtitle: consumption, pricing and legislation
By: Kenneth W. Clements, Xueyan Zhao.
Contributors: Zhao, Xueyan, 1971-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780521884952
Subjects: Marijuana industry -- Australia; Marijuana -- Economic aspects -- Australia; Marijuana industry; Marijuana -- Economic aspects
Description: "Do marijuana users cut back on consumption when the price rises? To what degree is marijuana consumption related to drinking and tobacco usage? What would happen if marijuana were legalised and taxed in the same way as alcohol and tobacco? Is marijuana priced in a similar way to other goods? Economics and Marijuana deals with these and other questions by drawing on a rich set of data concerning the consumption and pricing of marijuana in Australia, a country where the drug has been decriminalised in some, but not all, states. The book applies the economic approach to drugs to analyse consumption, pricing and the economics of legalising the use of marijuana. The result is a fascinating analysis of this widely used, but little understood illicit drug that provides much needed information and policy advice for a wide range of readers, including economists, policy makers and health professionals"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. MICROECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE on MARIJUANA CONSUMPTION; 3. THE PRICING OF MARIJUANA; 4. MORE ON THE ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF CONSUMPTION; 5. DECRIMINALISING AND LEGALISING MARIJUANA; 6. ARE AUSTRALIANS UNIQUE?; 7. PERSPECTIVES; INDEX.