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Lock, stock, and barrel : a comprehensive assessment of the determinants of terror
Gassebner, Martin; Lüchinger, Simon - 2011
We assess the robustness of previous findings on the determinants of terrorism. Using extreme bound analysis, the three … most comprehensive terrorism datasets, and focusing on the three most commonly analyzed aspects of terrorist activity, i … citizens of a particular country in a given year. -- causes of terrorism ; poverty and terrorism ; panel estimations ; extreme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009266761
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Politicians : be killed or survive
Frey, Bruno S. (contributor); Torgler, Benno (contributor) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003791827
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Armed groups in conflict : competition and political violence in Pakistan
Gassebner, Martin; Schaudt, Paul; Wong, Melvin H. L. - 2020
This paper studies how an increase in the number of armed groups operating within an area affects the amount of organized political violence. We use plausible exogenous variation in the number of armed groups in Pakistan, by exploiting the split of a major group due to the natural death of its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012231521
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Religiosity and terrorism : evidence from Ramadan fasting
Hodler, Roland; Raschky, Paul A.; Strittmatter, Anthony - 2018
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926056
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The costs of organized violence : a review of the evidence
Skaperdas, Stergios - 2009
), terrorism, and external conflicts, including military spending. There are a number of key theoretical concerns on what counts as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861749
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Suicide attacks and religious cleavages
Filote, Andra; Potrafke, Niklas; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2015
Many experts claim that the incidence of suicide attacks is driven by religious cleavages. To test this hypothesis, we investigate whether the total number of suicide attacks per violent conflict or the annual number of suicide attacks per country is associated with simmering religious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010475337
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The stock market effects of Islamist versus non-Islamist terror
Jin, Gan; Karim, Md Rafiul; Schulze, Günther G. - 2024
We are the first to analyze the effect of terror on stock markets by terror ideology. Surprisingly, we find that Islamist terror attacks created significant negative abnormal returns in American and European markets, but the stock market effects of other terror attacks were almost nil. For our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014478721
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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism : a survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010
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/10003956021
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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism : a survey (Part II)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010
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/10003956028
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War and relatedness
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - 2009
We develop a theory of interstate conflict in which the degree of genealogical relatedness between populations has a positive effect on their conflict propensities because more closely related populations, on average, tend to interact more and develop more disputes over sets of common issues. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003854499