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Current literature shows a significant negative impact of terrorism on countries economies. We explore this … relationship in more detail. Using an unbalanced panel of over 160 countries for up to 25 years and the Global Terrorism Database … (GTD) we show a decrease in FDI as a consequence of terrorism. We also find evidence that FDI flows are more sensitive to …
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Usually, studies analyzing terrorism focus on the total number of casualties or attacks in a given county. However, per … capita rates of terrorism are more likely to matter for individual welfare. Analyzing 214 countries from 1970-2014, we show … terror per capita. A larger share of Muslims in society is, if anything, associated with less terrorism. Similar conclusions …
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This paper investigates the magnitude and the duration of the effect of a terrorist attack on stock market indices. We investigate the impact of New York (2001), Madrid (2004), London (2005), Boston (2013), Paris (2015), Brussels (2016), Nice (2016) and Berlin (2016) on the stock indices of the...
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's level of CT is systematically related to terrorism. We introduce a simple theoretical framework, suggesting that terrorism … countries from 1970-2014, we find evidence for these predictions: Terrorism peaks at intermediate ranges of CT and corresponding …
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This paper proposes a simple framework to better understand an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and … open civil conflict against the government. Our model implies that terrorism emerges if constraints on the ruling executive … when considering the incidence and onset of terrorism and conflict. The corresponding magnitudes are economically sizeable …
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This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter …-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences … of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is important to regarding of the issue of counter-terrorism policy. Moreover the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144782
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter …-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences … of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is important to regarding of the issue of counter-terrorism policy. Moreover the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144785
), terrorism, and external conflicts, including military spending. There are a number of key theoretical concerns on what counts as …
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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...
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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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