The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is an academic research organization that publishes a variety of economic analyses on many subjects. Some of their reports cover coca.

• Rethinking America's Illegal Drug Policy
  - NBER Working Paper No. 16776, February 2011
• Rural Windfall or a New Resource Curse? Coca, Income and Civil Conflict in Colombia
  - NBER Working Paper No. 11219, March 2005
• Illicit Drug Use Among Arrestees and Drug Prices
  - NBER Working Paper No. 10648, July 2004
• Effects of Cocaine and Heroin Prices on Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits
  - NBER Working Paper No. 10619, July 2004
• Mental Illness and Demand for Alcohol, Cocaine and Cigarettes
  - NBER Working Paper No. 8699, January 2002