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You Only Die Once : Managing Discrete Interdependent Risks
Heal, Geoffrey - 2003
This paper extends our earlier analysis of interdependent security issues to a general class of problems involving discrete interdependent risks with heterogeneous agents. There is a threat of an event that can only happen once, and the risk depends on actions taken by others. Any agent's...
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Counter-Suicide-Terrorism : Evidence from House Demolitions
Benmelech, Efraim - 2010
This paper examines whether house demolitions are an effective counterterrorism tactic against suicide terrorism. We …
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Do Citizens Want the Truth about Terrorist Threats Regardless of the Consequences?
Smith, V. Kerry - 2010
This paper proposes the use of consumers' preferences in formulating policies for keeping secret information about terrorist activities and threats that might compromise future security. We report the results from two surveys indicating that people have clear preferences for full disclosure of...
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Valuing a Homeland Security Policy : Countermeasures for the Threats from Shoulder Mounted Missiles
Smith, V. Kerry - 2008
This paper reports estimates for the ex ante tradeoffs for three specific homeland security policies that all address a terrorist attack on commercial aircraft with shoulder mounted missiles. Our analysis focuses on the willingness to pay for anti-missile laser jamming countermeasures mounted on...
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Designing Institutions to Deal with Terrorism in the United States
Feldstein, Martin S. - 2008
evolved in response to terrorism in Britain. The paper also discusses the reasons why there is strong cooperation among the CT …
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Is Terrorism Eroding Agglomeration Economies in Central Business Districts? Lessons from the Office Real Estate Market in Downtown Chicago
Abadie, Alberto - 2006
Districts can be greatly affected by changes in the perceived level of terrorism …
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Modest, Secure and Informed : Successful Development in Conflict Zones
Berman, Eli - 2013
Most interpretations of prevalent counterinsurgency theory imply that increasing government services will reduce rebel …
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The Political Economy of Indirect Control
Miquel, Gerard Padró i - 2010
disturbance--such as riots, protests, terrorism, crime, or tax evasion--to an agent who has an advantage in accomplishing this …
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Persistence of Civil Wars
Acemoglu, Daron - 2009
A notable feature of post-World War II civil wars is their very long average duration. We provide a theory of the …
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Optimal Liability for Terrorism
Lakdawalla, Darius - 2006
This paper analyzes the normative role for civil liability in aligning terrorism precaution incentives, when the … perpetrators of terrorism are unreachable by courts or regulators. We consider the strategic interaction among targets, subsidiary … targets of terrorism, coupled with direct compensation to victims of terrorist attacks …
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