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Optimal counterterrorism and the recruitment effect of large terrorist attacks: A simple dynamic model

Jensen, Thomas - In: Journal of Theoretical Politics 23 (2011) 1, pp. 69-86

optimal counterterrorism and its consequences when large terrorist attacks lead to a temporary increase in terrorist … recruitment. First, we show that an increase in counterterrorism makes it more likely that terrorist cells plan small rather than … large attacks and therefore may increase the probability of a successful attack. Analyzing optimal counterterrorism we see …

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The role of procedural commitment in informational theories of legislative organization

Chiou, Fang-Yi - In: Journal of Theoretical Politics 23 (2011) 4, pp. 532-558

Contrary to codified procedures, almost all informational theories of legislative organization assume that the House floor commits to a special rule for floor consideration prior to a committee proposal. Employing Gilligan and Krehbiel's (1989b) theoretical framework, we demonstrate that whether...

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Free-riding in international environmental agreements: A signaling approach to non-enforceable treaties

Espínola-Arredondo, Ana; Muñoz-García, Félix - In: Journal of Theoretical Politics 23 (2011) 1, pp. 111-134

This paper examines countries' free-riding incentives in international environmental agreements (lEAs) when, first, the treaty is non-enforceable, and, second, countries do not have complete information about other countries' non-compliance cost. We analyze a signaling model whereby the country...

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Street-level charity: Beggars, donors, and welfare policies

Muñoz, Cristian Pérez; Potter, Joshua D - In: Journal of Theoretical Politics 26 (2014) 1, pp. 158-174

Begging is a phenomenon that has largely been ignored by scholars of the welfare state. This is surprising because the presence of beggars in a society tends to be interpreted as the welfare state's failure to adequately provide for its citizens. This paper examines the conditions under which we...

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