Smuggling activities follow standard supply and demand market principles
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 75/100
Evidence from multiple illicit markets (such as tobacco, drugs, and organs) indicates that smuggling and black-market activities operate under standard supply and demand market principles, though they are also shaped by social and regulatory factors.
Evidence for · 4
Potential impact of eliminating illicit trade in cigarettes: a demand-side perspective.
2022 · cited by 0
Paper 3 notes that the illicit cigarette market reflects the interplay between supply and demand.
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Beyond neoclassical economics: Social process, agency and the maintenance of order in an Australian illicit drug marketplace.
2010 · cited by 0
Paper 6 discusses how standard economic models of supply and demand are applied to illicit drug markets, though it argues for adding social processes.
Xenotransplantation and Human Organ Trafficking: The Impact of Increased Organ Availability.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 7 discusses how organ shortages and demand drive the illicit trade in human organs.
Price deflation and the underground organ economy in the Philippines.
2011 · cited by 0
Paper 10 examines price dynamics and supply stability in the underground organ economy based on economic principles.