goals with non-violent as compared to violent means, distinguishing terrorism from insurgencies. It is hypothesized that …

This contribution examines the role of capitalism in anti-American terrorism. Using data for 149 countries between 1970 …-American terrorism increases with external economic liberalization or decreases with higher levels of economic openness. However …, consistent with economic norms theory, higher levels of market-capitalism are associated with less anti-American terrorism …

We analyze the effect of income inequality on terrorism for a sample of 114 countries between 1985 and 2012. We provide …), that higher levels of income inequality are associated with more terrorism. Consistent with relative deprivation theory, we … terrorism to voice dissent and achieve a redistribution of wealth. Furthermore, we provide evidence of an indirect effect of …

We perform an empirical investigation of the macroeconomic consequences of international terrorism and interactions … panel growth regression analysis and a structural VAR model. We find that, on average, the incidence of terrorism may have … that associated with either external wars or internal conflict. As well, terrorism is associated with a redirection of …

, in order to mitigate concerns over selectivity of terrorism in particular areas. I empirically show that both terrorism … compare such political changes after successful attacks to those after failed attacks of the same type. I find that post-terrorism … acquisition as alternative explanations. This paper first empirically analyzes the driver of the rally effect of terrorism by …

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 …

This study examines the effect of religiosity on terrorism by focusing on one of the five pillars of Islam: Ramadan … countries. We argue that this effect partly operates through a decrease in public support for terrorism, which in turn reduces …