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, new threats such as organized crime, trafficking, civil unrest and terrorism have supplemented continued pre … arising from international organized crime and global economic instability. Thus, a fundamental rethink is needed on the …
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more likely to accept using violence for achieving political goals, consistent with the economic model of crime. We also …
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In the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., emergency measures were taken to tighten security at air and seaports as well as land border crossings. Some disruption of trade flows during the immediate aftermath of the attacks seemed almost inevitable, yet...
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coincides with documented waves of organized crime, internal tensions, breakdowns in social order as riots, crime legislation … models for terrorist attacks, and in models assessing the effects of terrorism over the U.S. economy. …
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The aim of this brief paper is to interpret al Qaeda’s modus operandi in the light of the economic theory of contests. The main idea expressed here is that al Qaeda can be considered as a contest-designer rewarding an indivisible prize. Affiliated groups compete with each other to win the...
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This short paper aims to find an empirical evidence that al Qaeda behaves as a contest organizer rewarding an indivisible prize – namely, official membership and economic rewards – to candidate extremists groups. Would-be terrorists must then compete with each other to prove their commitment...
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original look on the troubling phenomenon of terrorism with the eyes of economics. The main question is to understand why …
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Terrorism has emerged as a major threat to the contemporary society. Nation States are reliant on their counter-terrorism … laws for checking terrorism and deterring terrorists. To understand the effectiveness of these counter terrorism laws, it … economic perspective, then will try to explore if there are any economic determinant of terrorism and finally, since the cost …
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The study is an effort to estimate the impact of terrorist activities on the financial markets in Pakistan over the period of two years i.e. 2006 to 2008. It also finds out the extent and direction of relationship between the terrorist activities and three financial markets of Pakistan, which...
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This paper analyzes the relationship between terrorism and economic growth for Pakistan by incorporating capital and … causality between terrorism and economic growth. Our empirical results confirm the existence of long run relationship between … economic growth and terrorism. The Granger causality analysis indicates bidirectional causality between terrorism and capital …
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