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A cannabis pricing mistake from California to Canada: government can’t tax cannabis optimally

Jason Childsa Department of Economics, University of Regina, Regina, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jason Stevensb Department of Economics, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada
Pages 779-783 | Published online: 22 Jun 2020

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