Illicit Trade and the Global Economy

by Paul De Grauwe and Claudia Costa Storti

Book Overview

Economists explore the relationship between expanding international trade and the parallel growth in illicit trade, including illegal drugs, smuggling, and organized crime.

As international trade has expanded dramatically in the postwar period--an expansion accelerated by the opening of China, Russia, India, and Eastern Europe--illicit international trade has grown in tandem with it. This volume uses the economist's toolkit to examine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262016559
• ISBN13: 9780262016551
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher