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An Injury to One is an Injury to All : Terrorism's Spillover Effects on Bilateral Trade
Doucouliagos, Hristos - 2017
In this paper we investigate whether the effects of terrorism in one country spillover to affect trade in neighboring … stock measures of terrorism, and even for terrorist incidents with zero casualties. Spillovers from terrorism are relatively … long-lived, depressing bilateral trade up to five years after a terrorist event. Our findings are consistent with terrorism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952616
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Israel, the Palestinian Factions, and the Cycle of Violence
Paserman, M. Daniele; Jaeger, David A. - 2021
In this study we extend our previous work to examine the dynamic relationship between violence committed by Palestinian factions and that committed by Israel during the Second Intifada. We find a statistically significant relationship between Israeli fatalities claimed by groups associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318040
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The (Hidden) Financial Flows of Terrorist and Organized Crime Organizations : A Literature Review and Some Preliminary Empirical Results
Schneider, Friedrich - 2010
some strategies are presented to combat (the financing) of terrorism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013145188
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The Impact of Fundamentalist Terrorism on School Enrolment : Evidence from North-Western Pakistan, 2004-09
Khan, Sarah - 2016
data from Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement and the Global Terrorism Database to examine the impact of the … terrorism had little effect on school enrolment. High levels of exposure reduced the enrolment rate for boys by about 5 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983905
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Military Intervention Via Drone Strikes
Mahmood, Rafat - 2019
We study the 420 US drone strikes in Pakistan from 2006-2016, isolating causal effects on terrorism, anti-US sentiment …, and radicalization via an instrumental variable strategy based on wind. Drone strikes are suggested to encourage terrorism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870163
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Happiness and Financial Satisfaction in Israel : Effects of Religiosity, Ethnicity, and War
van Praag, B.M.S. - 2010
We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey (2006). We are especially interested in the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138252
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International Terrorism, Political Instability and the Escalation Effect
Campos, Nauro F. - 2009
What are the main causes of international terrorism? The lessons from the surge of academic research that followed 9 … (the escalation effect) stressing domestic political instability as the main reason for international terrorism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764240
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Analyzing Female Employment Trends in South Asia
Najeeb, Fatima - 2020
This paper studies employment patterns and trends in South Asia to shed light on determinants of extremely low female employment rates in the region. After a comprehensive literature review, we use employment data from about one hundred censuses and surveys from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840906
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The Relationship between Female Labor Force Participation and Violent Conflicts in South Asia
Robertson, Raymond - 2020
the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) to estimate the relationship between terrorist attacks and female labor supply. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840907
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On the Heterogeneity of Terror
Kis-Katos, Krisztina - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104966