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Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of Terrorism
Abadie, Alberto - 2021
This article provides an empirical investigation of the determinants of terrorism at the country level. In contrast … with the previous literature on this subject, which focuses on transnational terrorism only, I use a new measure of … terrorism that encompasses both domestic and transnational terrorism. In line with the results of some recent studies, this …
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Counter-Suicide-Terrorism : Evidence from House Demolitions
Benmelech, Efraim - 2010
This paper examines whether house demolitions are an effective counterterrorism tactic against suicide terrorism. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136560
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Can Militants Use Violence to Win Public Support? Evidence from the Second Intifada
Jaeger, David A. - 2010
This paper investigates whether attacks against Israeli targets help Palestinian factions gain public support. We link individual level survey data to the full list of Israeli fatalities during the period of the Second Intifada (2000-2006), and estimate a flexible discrete choice model for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137009
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The Struggle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds : Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada
Jaeger, David A. - 2010
his paper examines how violence in the Second Intifada influences Palestinian public opinion. Using micro data from a series of opinion polls linked to data on fatalities, we find that Israeli violence against Palestinians leads them to support more radical factions and more radical attitudes...
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Hamas, Taliban and the Jewish Underground : An Economist'S View of Radical Religious Militias
Berman, Eli - 2021
Can rational choice modeling explain destructive behavior among the Taliban, Hama and other radical religious militias? This paper proposes a club good framework which emphasizes the function of voluntary religious organizations as efficient providers of local public goods in the absence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013230215
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The Friends Factor : How Students' Social Networks Affect Their Academic Achievement and Well-Being?
Lavy, Victor - 2012
In this paper, we estimate the influence of social relationships on educational attainment and social outcomes of students in school. More specifically, we investigate how losing different types of social relationships during the transition from elementary to middle school affect students'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099539
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Maimonides Rule Redux
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2017
We use the discontinuous function of enrollment known as Maimonides Rule as an instrument for class size in large Israeli samples from 2002-2011. As in the 1991 data analyzed by Angrist and Lavy (1999), Maimonides Rule still has a strong first stage. In contrast with the earlier Israeli...
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Using Elicited Choice Probabilities to Estimate Random Utility Models : Preferences for Electricity Reliability
Blass, Asher - 2010
When data on actual choices are not available, researchers studying preferences sometimes pose choice scenarios and ask respondents to state the actions they would choose if they were to face these scenarios. The data on stated choices are then used to estimate random utility models, as if they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758244
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The Impact of Short Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution on Cognitive Performance and Human Capital Formation
Lavy, Victor - 2014
Cognitive performance is critical to productivity in many occupations and potentially linked to pollution exposure. We evaluate this potentially important relationship by estimating the effect of pollution exposure on standardized test scores among Israeli high school high-stakes tests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044616
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The Long Run Human Capital and Economic Consequences of High-Stakes Examinations
Lavy, Victor - 2014
Cognitive performance during high-stakes exams can be affected by random disturbances that, even if transitory, may have permanent consequences for long-term schooling attainment and labor market outcomes. We evaluate this hypothesis among Israeli high school students who took a series of high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044617