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Politicians: be killed or survive
Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - 2008
In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce...
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Does terror threaten human rights?: evidence from panel data
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - 2007
imprisonment, and torture. To some extent, civil rights are also restricted as a consequence of terrorism, while we find no effect … of terrorism on empowerment rights. …
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Government decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
Using panel data for a maximum of 109 countries over the years 1976-2000, we empirically analyze the impact of decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of transnational terror events in a country, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273794
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Happiness and financial satisfaction in Israel: Effects of religiosity, ethnicity, and war
van Praag, Bernard M. S.; Romanov, Dmitri; … - 2010
We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey (2006). We are especially interested in the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274729
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Looking back on anger: Explaining the social origins of left-wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism in Western Europe, 1970-2007
Brockhoff, Sarah; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2012
A unique dataset is used to separately analyze the social origins of left-wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism in … types of ideologically or ethnically motivated terrorism make it plausible that they respond differently to specific social … strength) or nationalist-separatist terrorism (e.g., ethnic polarization, non-violent protest). However, both types of …
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Calculating tragedy : assessing the costs of terrorism
Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2004
surveyed and put in perspective. As economic consequences are only a part of the overall costs of terrorism, possible …
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Unemployment and gang crime: could prosperity backfire?
Poutvaara, Panu; Priks, Mikael - 2007
Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent … crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between … property crime and violent crime at work. In the model, non-monetary valuation of gang membership is private knowledge. Thus …
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Do surveillance cameras affect unruly behavior?: a close look at grandstands
Priks, Mikael - 2008
This paper studies how surveillance cameras affect unruly spectator behaviour in the highest Swedish soccer league. Swedish stadiums introduced surveillance cameras at different points in time during the years 2000 and 2001. I exploit the exogenous variation that occurred due to differences...
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Organized crime and foreign direct investment: the Italian case
Daniele, Vittorio; Marani, Ugo - 2008
The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of crime on FDI inflows in 103 Italian provinces. The incidence of … criminality is measured through the number of complaints for different kinds of crime. The analysis has been conducted using … different estimation methods for panel data. The results show how the correlation between organized crime is both negative and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264452
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The engine immobilizer: A non-starter for car thieves
Ours, Jan C. van; Vollaard, Ben - 2013
We provide evidence for a beneficial welfare impact of a crime policy that is targeted at strengthening victim …
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