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

evolved in response to terrorism in Britain. The paper also discusses the reasons why there is strong cooperation among the CT …

This paper studies the relation between human capital of suicide bombers and outcomes of their suicide attacks. We … argue that human capital is an important factor in the production of terrorism, and that if terrorists behave rationally we … should observe that more able suicide bombers are assigned to more important targets. We use a unique data set detailing the …

This paper examines whether house demolitions are an effective counterterrorism tactic against suicide terrorism. We … suicide attacks against Israeli targets. By exploiting spatial and time variation in house demolitions and suicide terror … attacks during the second Palestinian uprising, we show that punitive house demolitions (those targeting Palestinian suicide …

We analyze the link between economic conditions and the quality of suicide terrorism. While the existing empirical …, higher-impact, terror missions. Using the universe of Palestinian suicide terrorists against Israeli targets between the … years 2000 and 2006 we provide evidence on the correlation between economic conditions, the characteristics of suicide …

Who chooses suicide attacks? Though rebels typically target poor countries, suicide attacks are just as likely to … target rich democracies. Though many groups have grievances, suicide attacks are favored by the radical religious. Though … rebels often kill coreligionists, they seldom use suicide attacks to do so. We model the choice of tactics by rebels, bearing …