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Institutions and Drug Markets

Description: This thesis examines how drug policy and enforcement affect drug manufacturers. The approach taken is a comparative institutional analysis of cannabis and methamphetamine production. I focus on the effects of prohibition, privacy, and clandestine markets on producer behavior for these two drugs and the unintended consequences that result. I demonstrate that cannabis and methamphetamine producers both face substantial transaction costs and that producers alter their behavior to manage these tran… more
Date: May 2005
Creator: Haddock, Billy Dean
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Human Trafficking: An International Study

Description: Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing factors that contribute to human trafficking throughout the world. Statistically significant negative effects on human trafficking are present in democracies, women's civil rights, and Gross National Product.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Johnykuty, Sophia
Partner: UNT Honors College
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Weak states, human rights violations, and the outbreak of civil war.

Description: In recent years, explanations for the occurrence of civil war have mainly emphasized state weakness as providing an opportunity for greed-based rebellions. Yet, this explanation leaves many questions open, as it cannot distinguish between weak states that do and those that do not experience civil war. In this paper, I argue that abuses of personal integrity rights, committed or sponsored by the government, provide this missing link. The theory is illustrated and formalized in a game-theoretic m… more
Date: May 2005
Creator: Rost, Nicolas
Partner: UNT Libraries
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