TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - How MDMA flows across the USA: evidence from price data
JO  - Global crime
A1  - Chandra, Siddharth
A1  - Yu, Yan-Liang
A1  - Bihani, Vinay
SP  - 122
EP  - 139
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
N2  - This study uses wholesale prices of MDMA for 59 cities in the USA published by the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) over the period of 2002-2011 to identify trafficking patterns of MDMA. Price differentials and correlations between pairs of cities are used to infer the presence of a link and the direction of flow of MDMA. The presence of inward and outward links is used to categorise each city as a 'source', 'destination', 'transit', or 'weakly integrated' city. The analysis identified low prices close to the Canadian and Mexican borders, in a number of cities such as Chicago, Miami, New York City, a trio of cities in the Carolinas, and along the West Coast. A number of these cities are linked to large numbers of other cities, indicating hub- or source-like status. The findings generate insights into the status of major US cities in the MDMA trafficking network.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1744-0572
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17440572.2016.1179632
ID  - ref1
ER  -