Government decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? An empirical analysis

Using panel data for a maximum of 109 countries over the years 1976-2000, we empirically analyze the impact of decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of transnational terror events in a country, while political decentralization has no impact. These results are robust to the choice of control variables and method of estimation.

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Year of publication:	2009-06
Authors:	Dreher, Axel ; Fischer, Justina A. V.
Institutions:	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
Subject:	Terrorism \| Decentralization \| Federalism \| Governance quality \| Government effectiveness

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Diskussionspapiere aus dem Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Hohenheim.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	The text is part of a series RePEc:hoh:hohdip Number 313/2009 41 pages
Classification:	D74 - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances ; H70 - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations. General ; H40 - Publicly Provided Goods. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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