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 …

perpetrator ideology. Thus, alleviating poverty per se may first exacerbate terrorism, contrary to much of the proposed recipes …To better understand potential relationships between income and terrorism, we study data for 1,527 subnational regions … alternative specifications. The threat of terrorism systematically rises as low-income polities become richer, peaking at an …

right" use beauty as a cue for candidate ideology or quality in the municipal elections. -- beauty ; elections ; political … candidates ; appearance ; ideology ; parties …

-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially … insurance), ideology is the most important determinant of public opinion, while measures of self-interest are the least …

We test the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today. We …-lasting effect on the political ideology of US born individuals. Our analysis proceeds in three steps. First, we document that the … historical presence of European immigrants is associated with a more liberal political ideology and with stronger preferences for …

. We focus on the 1973 coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile. The Pinochet dictatorship's aims of political …

Autocrats often control social organizations to disseminate their ideology. We examine the Pinochet dictatorship in … for women as mothers and housewives. Partnering with higher education institutions, the dictatorship delivered training … participation among women directly exposed during the dictatorship and their daughters raised in democracy. …