The Threat of Terrorism: The Perspective of a Policy-Maker
This note defines and analyzes the most important issues concerning decisionmaking about human-induced insecurities such as terrorism and organized crime from the perspective of a policymaker. By means of modeling the policymakers trade-o_ between the e_ectiveness and costs of policy measures targeted at reducing the threat of terrorism, we aim at helping to understand the role economic research can take to enable e_cient decisionmaking in the context of human-induced insecurities in general and terrorism in particular.
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2009
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Authors: | Müller, Cathérine ; Ree, Joppe de |
Institutions: | DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) |
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freely available
Extent: | application/pdf |
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Series: | Economics of Security Working Paper Series. - ISSN 1868-0488. |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Number 3 17 pages long |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005071059
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