Graduation Year
2017
Date of Submission
5-2017
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
David Bjerk
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© 2017 Glenn Hull
Abstract
This paper determines the effects of police interventions on darknet markets. Darknet markets have been rapidly growing and the amount of drugs being sold on them keeps rising. This paper finds no significant changes in prices of drug listings before and after drug busts, and no significant changes in price per unit of drugs across the entire market. The results are similar to prior research done on normal drug markets that determined that police interventions have no significant effect on changing drug prices. With the rapid growth of drugs being sold on darknet markets, it is critical for law enforcement to understand how the markets react to police interventions.
Recommended Citation
Hull, Glenn, "The Effects of Police Interventions on Darknet Market Drug Prices" (2017). CMC Senior Theses. 1596.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1596
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