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Counter-Terrorism in a Police State: The KGB and Codename Blaster, 1977
Harrison, Mark - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
The paper provides a rare case study of terrorism and counter-terrorism within a closed society, carried out under a … blanket of official secrecy. This case is unexpectedly revealing in what it tells us about terrorism, counterterrorism, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519453
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The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: A Survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter …-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences … of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is important to regarding of the issue of counter-terrorism policy. Moreover the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611293
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The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: A Survey (Part II)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter …-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences … of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is important to regarding of the issue of counter-terrorism policy. Moreover the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611294
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Camera Surveillance as a Measure of Counterterrorism?
Stutzer, Alois; Zehnder, Michael - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
Camera surveillance has recently gained prominence in policy proposals on combating terrorism. We evaluate this … evidence on crime, we expect camera surveillance to have a relatively smaller deterrent effect on terrorism than on other forms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008584370
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The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: A Survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter …-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences … of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is important to regarding of the issue of counter-terrorism policy. Moreover the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024575
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The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: A Survey (Part II)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter …-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences … of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is important to regarding of the issue of counter-terrorism policy. Moreover the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024577
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The (Hidden) Financial Flows of Terrorist and Transnational Crime Organizations: A Literature Review and Some Preliminary Empirical Results
Schneider, Friedrich; Caruso, Raul - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
highly developed countries and some strategies are presented to combat (the financing) of terrorism. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322387
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Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism: A Survey
Haigner, Stefan; Schneider, Friedrich; Wakolbinger, Florian - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
Policy programs on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) have largely called for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553341
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Terrorism Induced Cross-Market Transmission of Shocks: A Case Study Using Intraday Data
Kollias, Christos; Papadamou, Stephanos; Siriopoulos, Costas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
Terrorist incidents exert a negative, albeit generally short-lived, impact on markets and equity returns. Given the integration of global financial markets, mega-terrorist events also have a high contagion potential with their shock waves being transmitted across countries and markets. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553342
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An Economic Analysis of Security Policies
Brück, Tilman - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004
This paper analyses public policy choices in the security economy from an economic perspective. It discusses the role of public goods for national and global security and identifies the importance of the first- and second-order indirect effects of insecurity on economic activity, which include...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963827