In the shadow
Illegal Markets and Economic Sociology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4237797 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jens Beckert (0000-0002-0892-9506, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, corresponding author), Frank Wehinger (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-30 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Socio-Economic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-1461 • E-ISSN: 1475-147X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ser/mws020 |
| OpenAlex | W2162382261 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 115 |
| References cited | 64 |
Although illegal markets have considerable economic significance and are of theoretical importance, they have been largely ignored by economic sociology. In the first part of this article, we propose a categorization for illegal markets. In the second part, the structural characteristics of illegal markets are described along the three coordination problems of valuation, competition and cooperation. By conceptualizing the structure of illegal markets based on general coordination problems, which are also cornerstones in the study of legal markets, we can locate the systematic differences in the functioning of markets that operate illegally. The article concludes by appealing to economic sociology to strengthen research on illegal markets and suggesting areas for future empirical research.
Business · Categorization · Competition (biology) · Economic sociology · Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Law and economics · Shadow (psychology) · Social science · Sociology · Valuation (finance) · Art History and Market Analysis · Corruption and Economic Development · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
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O crime sob uma lente transnacional
Ambivalent Consumer Attitudes toward Counterfeits
Deliberate By-Catch of the Caspian Seal and the Development of Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) in Dagestan, Russia
The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on BRICS Migrants in the Russian Federation
Unnecessary Items, Waste Issue and Solidarity Practices Among Russian Consumers
Educational and Career Trajectories of the Students Completed Vocational and Then College Degree
Platform Capitalism (excerpts)
Happiness is the Wrong Metric
Interview with Tatiana Karabchuk. International Comparisons, Social Impacts of Labor Instability, and the Secrets of Academic Happiness
Illegal Wildlife Trade
Introducción a Mercados cuestionados
Economic Sociology
“This Market Changed my Life”
Rethinking Drug Laws
The Palgrave Handbook of International Development
Regulating Migrants as a Low-Cost Solution for Long-Term Care
Surveillance, Social Control, and Managing Semi-Legality in U.S. Commercial Cannabis
The Rebel Economy in Civil War
Open Secrecy
Illegal drugs and socio-economic changes in a new pivotal region
Sponseredathlete
Trust, infrastructure and sociopolitics in online drug markets
Drug market risk environment and navigational strategies of street-level dealers in Nigeria
The Risk Creates the Reward
Territory, sovereignty and rebel oil governance in the Arab uprisings
Crime without punishment
Easier, faster and safer
Beyond networks and institutions
Breaking the rules
Fluid interfaces between flows of rhino horn
A detailed study of a prominent dark web fentanyl trafficking organization
Smuggling regular goods in China
Building a case for trust
Product illegality and its structural consequences
Drug dealers gone digital
Crimes on the edge? Criminal activities and the crime-terror nexus in the Kenyan peripheries of the Indian Ocean
Understanding markers of trust within the online stolen data market
Routine activity theory and farm produce sale in Kenya
Multiple narratives of il/legality and im/morality
Markets, Regulation and Drug Law Reform
Informal Water Tankers, Their Network Structure, and Drivers of Cooperation and Competition
Extending ethical consumerism theory to semi-legal sectors
The Affectual-Social Ecology of Cultural Artefacts
Towards a cultural political economy of the illicit
Chain work
The emotional infrastructure of a cybercrime collective
Cartographie des échanges
City of Potentialities
Fishing for compliments
Flujos de dinero en la cadena de suministro del mercado de cocaína en Perú
Believe it when you see it
Informality, crime and corruption in Russia
Reputation transferability across contexts
Social media nicotine markets
Offline constraints in online drug marketplaces
Uncertainty and risk
From informality to influence
Lessons for regulating informal markets and implications for quality assurance – the case of migrant care workers in Austria
Admissibility for sale
Coopetition and the social order of markets
Negotiating an Illicit Economy in the Time of Covid-19
Hybrid Governance in Online Drug Distribution
Do Online Illicit Drug Market Exchanges Afford Rationality
Labor Laws and Shadow Economies
Putting a price on drugs
Thin markets and thick networks
Other People’s Dirty Money
Better Bang for the Buck? Generalizing Trust in Online Drug Markets
Organized crime in cyberspace
How to Engage in Illegal Transactions
Variably Legal Markets
Competing Through Service
Security coordination in an illegal market
Lost on the Road to Prosperity
Development of the Brazilian Drug Market Toward Africa
How Narcos work together
On the 'Global Sand Crisis
Comparative Analysis of Illicit Supply Network Structure and Operations
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Implementing community-based forest management in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest
Network embeddedness in illegal online markets
Can informal economic activities be explained by social and institutional factors? A comparative analysis
Víctimas "de" la cirugía estética. Disputas jurisdiccionales y construcción de fronteras en el mercado argentino contemporáneo de cirugía estética
The moral embeddedness of cryptomarkets
How mythical markets mislead analysis
Multiple market moralities
Finance on Trial
White-Collar Crime
The Differential Management of Financial Illegalisms
Mon mobile, mon marché
Travailleurs du like , faussaires de l'e-réputation
Mercado das Drogas Ilícitas e Homicídios no Brasil
Legitimation of Illegality in Authoritarian States
Markets as Governance Environments for Organizations at the Edge of Illegality
Illicit Market for Counterfeit Products at Small Businesses in Michigan
Futurity Beyond the State
La Zona Franca de Iquique y la comercialización de autos usados Emplazamiento, empresarios y comerciantes
Producing Trust Among Illicit Actors
Moral economy, intermediaries and intensified competition in the labour market for function musicians
Governing morals
The Role of Institutions in the Revival of Trade
The Gift Relationship
Underground Economies in Transition
Codes of the Underworld
Markets as Politics
Does illegality breed violence? Drug trafficking and state-sponsored protection rackets
Economic Action and Social Structure
Markets as Politics
Drug markets and distribution systems
E’ is for enterprise
Italian Organised Crime
Dirty Businesses in Italy
Organized Crime and Trust
Defining and estimating underground and informal economies
Assessing alternative drug control regimes
Risks and Prices
The Invisible Work Force
Illegal markets and the social costs of rent-seeking
The Frontier Against Slavery
The informal economy
The Stolen Goods Market in New South Wales, Australia
Drugs Importation and the Bifurcation of Risk
"The Market for "Lemons
The Sicilian Mafia
Spheres of Justice
The Architecture of Markets
Entrepreneurship
The Architecture of Drug Trafficking
The Economic Case Against Drug Prohibition
Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets
The other Side of the Fence
Fragments of an economic theory of the mafia
Where Do Markets Come From
The economy of qualities
The Business of Illegal Gambling
Child Pornography and the Internet
Are we a family or a business?' History and disjuncture in the urban American street gang
The social order of markets
| Unique citing works | 115 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 8,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 103 |