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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/10011307362
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Military Intervention via Drone Strikes
Mahmood, Rafat; Jetter, Michael - 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 … in Pakistan, bearing responsibility for 16 percent of all attacks or 2,964 terror deaths. Exploring mechanisms, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006018
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International terrorism, political instability and the escalation effect
Campos, Nauro F.; Gassebner, Martin - 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/10010269092
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The cycle of violence? An empirical analysis of fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
Jaeger, David A.; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2005
This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or Al-Aqsa) Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276241
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Happiness and financial satisfaction in Israel: Effects of religiosity, ethnicity, and war
van Praag, Bernard M. S.; Romanov, Dmitri; … - 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/10010277039
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Money Can't Buy Love But Can It Buy Peace? Evidence from the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation
Brück, Tilman; Ferguson, Neil T. N. - 2014
In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement concluded a period of violence in Northern Ireland yet the scars of the conflict remained prevalent in the political landscape. Rival communities remained divided, economic performance was poor and intercommunity tensions frequently manifested. In a bid to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409396
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An Injury to One Is an Injury to All: Terrorism's Spillover Effects on Bilateral Trade
Pham, Cong S.; Doucouliagos, Chris - 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/10011744571
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Money Can't Buy Love But Can It Buy Peace? Evidence from the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation
Brück, Tilman; Ferguson, Neil T.N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement concluded a period of violence in Northern Ireland yet the scars of the conflict remained prevalent in the political landscape. Rival communities remained divided, economic performance was poor and intercommunity tensions frequently manifested. In a bid to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959677
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The Cycle of Violence? An Empirical Analysis of Fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Jaeger, David A.; Paserman, M. Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or "Al-Aqsa") Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700876
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International Terrorism, Political Instability and the Escalation Effect
Campos, Nauro F.; Gassebner, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10005700916