On the effects of enforcement on illegal markets : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Colombia (English)

This paper studies the effects of enforcement on illegal behavior in the context of a large aerial spraying program designed to curb coca cultivation in Colombia. In 2006, the Colombian government pledged not to spray a 10 km band around the frontier with Ecuador due to diplomatic frictions arising from the possibly negative collateral effects of this policy on the Ecuadorian side of the border. This variation is used to estimate the effect of spraying...

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Mejía,Daniel;

Restrepo,Pascual;

Rozo Villarraga,Sandra Viviana;
Document Date
2015/09/02
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7409
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Colombia,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2015/09/02
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
On the effects of enforcement on illegal markets : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Colombia
Keywords
aerial spraying

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Mejía,Daniel; Restrepo,Pascual; Rozo Villarraga,Sandra Viviana.

On the effects of enforcement on illegal markets : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Colombia (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7409 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/517811468189273130

On the effects of enforcement on illegal markets : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Colombia (English)

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