counterproductive consequences. This paper models a terrorist organization, a religious group from which the terrorists recruit suicide …

counterproductive consequences. This paper models a terrorist organization, a religious group from which the terrorists recruit suicide …

. Several aspects are related to predicting media attention. First, suicide missions receive significantly more coverage, which …-Blinder decompositions, suggesting that it is not the particular characteristics of suicide attacks (e.g., more casualties) that are driving … for suicide attacks conducted in countries ruled by leftist administrations. Fourth, the more a country trades with the US …

Many experts claim that the incidence of suicide attacks is driven by religious cleavages. To test this hypothesis, we … investigate whether the total number of suicide attacks per violent conflict or the annual number of suicide attacks per country … the actual perpetrators and victims of suicide attacks. Our results do not indicate that religious cleavages are an …

Many experts claim that the incidence of suicide attacks is driven by religious cleavages. To test this hypothesis, we … investigate whether the total number of suicide attacks per violent conflict or the annual number of suicide attacks per country … the actual perpetrators and victims of suicide attacks. Our results do not indicate that religious cleavages are an …

This paper proposes a simple framework to better understand an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and … open civil conflict against the government. Our model implies that terrorism emerges if constraints on the ruling executive … when considering the incidence and onset of terrorism and conflict. The corresponding magnitudes are economically sizeable …

Does foreign aid reduce terrorism? We examine whether foreign aid decreases terrorism by analyzing whether aid targeted … transnational terrorism (AidData and ITERATE) to provide a series of statistical tests. Our results show that foreign aid decreases … terrorism especially when targeted toward sectors, such as education, health, civil society, and conflict prevention. These …