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"This paper studies the relationship between civil war and private investment in a poor, resource abundant country using microeconomic data for Angola. We focus on diamond mining firms and conduct an event study on the sudden end of the conflict, marked by the death of the rebel movement leader...
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counterterrorism actions. Even though proactive measures in the host country may not curb terrorism at home, it may still be … advantageous in terms of national income. Increases in the unskilled immigration quota augment terrorism against the developed … country; increases in the skilled immigration quota may or may not raise terrorism against the developed country. When the …
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Using a dynamic panel data framework, we investigate the relationship between the two major forms of terrorism and … focuses on 78 developing countries for 1984- 2008. Our findings suggest that all types of terrorism depress FDI. In addition …, aid mitigates the negative effects of total and domestic terrorism on FDI; however, this is not the case for transnational …
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for transnational terrorism. Our two-stage game has the donor country choosing a first-stage contract consisting of … terrorism-fighting tied aid and general assistance. In stage 2, the donor decides its defensive measures, while the recipient … complementarity. A rise in terrorism in the donor increases home enforcement but may limit foreign enforcement at given aid levels. A …
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This paper finds that political freedom has a significant and non-linear effect on domestic terrorism, but this effect … is not significant in the case of transnational terrorism. Some of our other novel findings are that while geography and … fractionalization may limit a county’s ability to curb terrorism, the presence of strong legal institutions deters it. ; Earlier title …
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A two-stage game depiction of counterterrorism is presented, where the emphasis is on the interaction between the preemptive and defensive measures taken by two targeted countries facing a common threat. The preemptor is likely to be the high-cost defender with the greater foreign interests. A...
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Presentation to the Little Rock Downtown Rotary Club, Little Rock - Nov. 20, 2001
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