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Security as an objectively existing quality which can be discussed in innumerable ways, but it may hardly be ignored … and its significance (let alone its existence) may hardly be doubted. Security is a fundamental human need which is a … on how the term "security" itself should be defined and what specific aspects or issues it should include (and which ones …
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Both crime and terrorism impose costs onto society through the channels of fear and worry. Identifying and targeting …. However, compared to the drivers of the fear of crime, the determinants of concerns regarding global terrorism are less well … global terrorism and crime, and show that worries about terrorism are driven by similar determinants as those about crime …
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This paper argues that terrorism, beyond its immediate impact on innocent victims, also raises the costs of crime, and … therefore, imposes a negative externality on potential criminals. Terrorism raises the costs of crime through two channels: (i …) by increasing the presence and activity of the police force, and (ii) causing more people to stay at home rather than …
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Signature requirements are often used as hurdles to prevent overuse of public referenda. We evaluate the causal effect of lowering signature requirements on the number of observed citizen initiatives. Based on municipality-level data for Germany, we make use of legislative changes at specific...
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survey presents the existing knowledge on the interrelation between the economy and the issue of security and it incorporates … analysis the level of knowledge about the causal chains between security and the economy. Also it focuses on perspective and … terrorism security annexes is discussed and here we analyze the causes of terrorism in Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611293
survey presents the existing knowledge on the interrelation between the economy and the issue of security and it incorporates … analysis the level of knowledge about the causal chains between security and the economy. Also it focuses on perspective and … terrorism security annexes is discussed and here we analyze the causes of terrorism in Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611294
survey presents the existing knowledge on the interrelation between the economy and the issue of security and it incorporates … analysis the level of knowledge about the causal chains between security and the economy. Also it focuses on perspective and … terrorism security annexes is discussed and here we analyze the causes of terrorism in Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024575
survey presents the existing knowledge on the interrelation between the economy and the issue of security and it incorporates … analysis the level of knowledge about the causal chains between security and the economy. Also it focuses on perspective and … terrorism security annexes is discussed and here we analyze the causes of terrorism in Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024577
The financial means of international terror and transnational organized crime organizations are analyzed. First, some … a literature review is provided about the financing of terrorist and transnational organized crime organizations, their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322387
We analyse the role of mass violent conflict in influencing individual expectations. We hypothesise that individuals are likely to report negative expectations if they were exposed to conflict events in the past. We combine individual and household level data from the Northern Uganda Livelihood...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008645020