David W. Rasmussen is director of the Policy Sciences Center and professor of economics at Florida State University and author of Urban Economics, Economics: Principles and Applications and Elements of Economics. Bruce L. Benson is distinguished research professor of economics at Florida State University and author of American Antitrust Laws in Theory and in Practice and The Enterprise of Law: Justice Without the State.

. . . accessible to a wide audience. . . . an interesting case study in institutional economics.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Rhetoric and Reality of Drug PolicyChapter 3 The Allocation of Law Enforcement Resources: An Overview of the Commons ProblemChapter 4 Drugs and CriminalityChapter 5 The Impact of Enforcement on Drug MarketsChapter 6 Indirect Costs of Drug EnforcementChapter 7 The Politics of the Drug WarChapter 8 Police Incentives and Drug EnforcementChapter 9 Drug Policy in the Criminal Justice CommonsChapter 10 BibliographyChapter 11 Index

David W. Rasmussen is director of the Policy Sciences Center and professor of economics at Florida State University and author of Urban Economics, Economics: Principles and Applications and Elements of Economics. Bruce L. Benson is distinguished research professor of economics at Florida State University and author of American Antitrust Laws in Theory and in Practice and The Enterprise of Law: Justice Without the State.

. . . accessible to a wide audience. . . . an interesting case study in institutional economics.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Rhetoric and Reality of Drug PolicyChapter 3 The Allocation of Law Enforcement Resources: An Overview of the Commons ProblemChapter 4 Drugs and CriminalityChapter 5 The Impact of Enforcement on Drug MarketsChapter 6 Indirect Costs of Drug EnforcementChapter 7 The Politics of the Drug WarChapter 8 Police Incentives and Drug EnforcementChapter 9 Drug Policy in the Criminal Justice CommonsChapter 10 BibliographyChapter 11 Index