Following the Poppy Trail : Origins and Consequences of Mexican Drug Cartels
- Autores
- Murphy, Tommy E.; Rossi, Martín
- Año de publicación
- 2018
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- documento de conferencia
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- We study the historical origins and consequences of Mexican cartels. We first trace the location of current cartels to the location of Chinese migration at the beginning of the 20th century, and document that both events are strongly connected. We then use Chinese presence in 1930 as an instrument for cartel presence today. Our IV estimates indicate a positive link between cartel presence and better socioeconomic outcomes, such as lower marginalization rates, lower illiteracy rates, higher salaries, and better public services. We also report that municipalities with cartel presence have higher tax revenues and more political competition. Our paper provides an explanation to the fact that drug lords, the leaders of this particular form of organized crime, have great support in the local communities in which they operate.
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas - Materia
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Ciencias Económicas
Ciencias Sociales
drug trade
Chinese migration
Mexico
illegal markets
organized crime - Nivel de accesibilidad
- acceso abierto
- Condiciones de uso
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Repositorio
- Institución
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata
- OAI Identificador
- oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/165485
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Following the Poppy Trail : Origins and Consequences of Mexican Drug Cartels |
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Following the Poppy Trail : Origins and Consequences of Mexican Drug Cartels |
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Following the Poppy Trail : Origins and Consequences of Mexican Drug Cartels |
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Ciencias Económicas Ciencias Sociales drug trade Chinese migration Mexico illegal markets organized crime |
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