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dc.contributor.authorBeeder, Monica
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-24T05:33:28Z
dc.date.available2020-06-24T05:33:28Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-20
dc.date.submitted2020-06-19T22:00:44Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/22842
dc.description.abstractUsing data on coca cultivation and homicides, this paper analyzes an otherwise little researched topic, linking cocaine production and violence in Colombia. I use an exogenous supply shock in gasoline, an input factor needed to produce cocaine, and analyze the effect on violence in coca-producing areas compared to non-producing areas using a differences-in-differences strategy. The price of gasoline decreases in 2016, because of an exchange rate shock between Colombia and Venezuela. The results indicate that the positive supply shock leads to more violence in coca producing areas. The main results are robust to various tests, such as controlling for immigration, excluding big cities and distance from the border. This paper contributes to the literature by showing that when it becomes cheaper to produce cocaine, there is more violence in production areas. By looking at a purely economic effect on the drug market, instead of a drug enforcement effect, the paper also show that there is an effect of price changes on the cocaine market that goes beyond the drug enforcement. The paper also contributes to the literature by studying the interaction between two illegal markets: the smuggling of gasoline and cocaine production.en_US
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherThe University of Bergen
dc.rightsCopyright the Author. All rights reserved
dc.titleThe effect of a supply shock in the production of cocaine on violence: Evidence from Colombia and Venezuela
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.date.updated2020-06-19T22:00:44Z
dc.rights.holderCopyright the Author. All rights reserveden_US
dc.description.degreeMasteroppgave
dc.description.localcodeECON391
dc.description.localcodePROF-SØK
dc.description.localcodeMASV-SØK
dc.subject.nus734103
fs.subjectcodeECON391
fs.unitcode15-15-0


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