Does Terrorism Work?
This paper examines whether terrorism is an effective tool to achieve political goals. By exploiting geographic variation in terror attacks in Israel from 1988 to 2006, we show that local terror attacks cause Israelis to be more willing to grant territorial concessions to the Palestinians. These effects are stronger for demographic groups that are traditionally right-wing in their political views. However, terror attacks beyond a certain threshold cause Israelis to adopt a less-accommodating position. In addition, terror induces Israelis to vote increasingly for right-wing parties, as the right-wing parties move to the left in response to terror. Hence, terrorism appears to be an effective strategy in terms of shifting the entire political landscape to the left
Year of publication: |
2010
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Authors: | Gould, Eric D. ; Klor, Esteban F. |
Publisher: |
[S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Israel | Terrorismus | Terrorism | Politischer Wandel | Political change | Politisches Ziel | Political goal |
Saved in:
freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (64 p) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 1, 2010 erstellt |
Other identifiers: | 10.2139/ssrn.1413329 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207465