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On the heterogeneity of terror
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Liebert, Helge; Schulze, Günther G. - 2012
The existing literature on the determinants of terrorism treats terror as a uniform phenomenon and does not distinguish … terror. We analyze determinants of domestic and international terrorism, for target and origin using the Global Terrorism … Database and show that there have been major shifts in terror activity and composition over time. -- terrorism ; terror groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548192
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Terrorism, immigration and asylum approval
Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2019
Using the universe of individual asylum cases in the United States from 2000-2004 and a difference-in-differences research design, we test whether Sept. 11, 2001 decreased the likelihood that applicants from Muslim-majority countries were granted asylum. Our estimates suggest that the attacks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118990
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Terror and the costs of crime
Gould, Eric D.; Stecklov, Guy - 2009
This paper argues that terrorism, beyond its immediate impact on innocent victims, also raises the costs of crime, and … therefore, imposes a negative externality on potential criminals. Terrorism raises the costs of crime through two channels: (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881495
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Discrimination and the effects of drug testing on black employment
Wozniak, Abigail K. - 2012
Nearly half of U.S. employers test job applicants and workers for drugs. I use variation in the timing and nature of drug testing regulation to study discrimination against blacks related to perceived drug use. Black employment in the testing sector is suppressed in the absence of testing,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548122
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Monetary commitment and structural reforms : a dynamic panel analysis for transition economies
Belke, Ansgar; Vogel, Lukas - 2012
This paper examines the contemporaneous relationship between the exchange rate regime and structural economic reforms for a sample of CEEC/CIS transition countries. We investigate empirically whether structural reforms are complements or substitutes for monetary commitment in the attempt to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575090
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Structural reforms and the exchange rate regime : a panel analysis for the world versus OECD countries
Belke, Ansgar (contributor); Herz, Bernhard (contributor);  … - 2005
We test the significance of the relationship between the exchange rate regime and the degree of structural reforms by estimating panel regressions for a world and an OECD country sample. The empirical results suggest a positive correlation between on the one side the adoption of an exchange rate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003260831
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An optimal allocation of asylum seekers
Stark, Oded; Kosiorowski, Grzegorz - 2024
We formulate a rule for allocating asylum seekers that is based on the social preferences of the native workers of the receiving countries. To derive the rule, we construct for each country a social welfare function, SWF, where the social welfare of a population is determined both by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014502780
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Europe agreements and trade balance : evidence from four new EU members
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2011
This paper analyses the trade balance effects of Europe agreements (EA) between the EU-15 and four new EU members from Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC-4) using both static and dynamic panel data approaches. Specifically, the system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM, Blundell and Bond, 1998)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009296317
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Anatomy of policy complementarities
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999
The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the disappointingly small effect of many past reform measures on unemployment, and the political difficulties in implementing more extensive reform programs. We argue that the heart of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295418
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Guns and butter? : fighting violence with the promise of development
Khanna, Gaurav; Zimmermann, Laura V. - 2015
There is growing awareness that development-oriented government policies may be an important counterinsurgency strategy, but existing papers are usually unable to disentangle various mechanisms. Using a regression-discontinuity design, we analyze the impact of one of the world's largest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289893