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Tables of Contents for Assessment of Two Cost-Effectiveness Studies on Cocaine Control Policy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Executive Summary
1
2
Introduction
3
5
Background
3
1
The RAND and IDA Studies
4
2
This Report
6
1
The Work Ahead
7
1
The Rand Study
8
21
Assumptions, Data, Methods, and Findings
8
7
Modeling the Market for Cocaine: Qualitative Features
8
3
Modeling the Market for Cocaine: Quantitative Features
11
3
Cost-Effectiveness Findings of the RAND Study
14
1
Assessment
15
12
Estimates of Effects of Drug Treatment Programs on Cocaine Users
15
1
The TOPS Data
16
1
Inferential Problems
16
3
Modeling the Supply of Cocaine
19
1
Shape of the Average Cost Curve
19
3
Supply-Control Policies and Average Production Costs
22
1
Seizures as a Measure of Supply-Control Activity
23
1
Nonprice Effects of Supply-Control Activities
24
1
Modeling the Demand for Cocaine
24
1
The Price Elasticity of Elasticity of Demand
24
2
The Complex Response of Cocaine Consumption to Prices
26
1
Evaluating the Reliability of the Model
27
1
Conclusions
27
2
The IDA Study
29
16
Assumptions, Data, Methods, and Findings
29
5
A Cocaine Price Series
29
1
The Price Elasticity of Demand for Cocaine
30
1
Effect of Interdiction Events on the Price of Cocaine
31
1
Cost-Effectiveness of Interdiction
31
3
Assessment
34
8
The IDA Price Series
35
1
The STRIDE Data
35
1
The Street-Price Index
36
2
Purity as a Measure of Product Quality
38
1
Sampling Error
38
1
Selection of Interdiction Events
39
1
Inferential Problems
39
1
Attribution of Price Fluctuations to Intervention Events
40
1
The Exponential Price Path
41
1
Duration of Price Excursions
42
1
Conclusions
42
3
Appendix: Cocaine Markets and Supply-Control Activities
45
4
References
49