The Unintended Consequences of Counternarcotics: Evidence from Peru and Colombia

• In Event: The Causes and Consequences of Security Policy in Latin America

Brief Overview

We study how state counternarcotics policies in Peru and Colombia impact illicit economies. Forced coca eradication drives criminal actors to diversify into illegal activities like mining and logging.

Authors

• Julian E. Gerez, Columbia University

• Elena Barham, University of Mannheim