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Economic Aspects of Marijuana

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  • Kenneth W. Clements

    (Department of Economics, The University of Western Australia)

  • Xueyan Zhao

    (Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University)

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  • Kenneth W. Clements & Xueyan Zhao, 2005. "Economic Aspects of Marijuana," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 05-28, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
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