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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...

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Economic Conditions and the Quality of Suicide Terrorism

Benmelech, Efraim - 2010

We analyze the link between economic conditions and the quality of suicide terrorism. While the existing empirical literature shows that poverty and economic conditions are not correlated with the quantity of terror, theory predicts that poverty and poor economic conditions may affect the...

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The Economic Cost of Harboring Terrorism

Benmelech, Efraim - 2009

The literature on conflict and terrorism has paid little attention to the economic costs of terrorism for the perpetrators. This paper aims to fill that gap by examining the economic costs of committing suicide terror attacks. Using data covering the universe of Palestinian suicide terrorists...

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The Struggle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds : Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada

Jaeger, David A. - 2008

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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Attack Assignments in Terror Organizations and The Productivity of Suicide Bombers

Benmelech, Efraim - 2007

This paper studies the relation between human capital of suicide bombers and outcomes of their suicide attacks. We argue that human capital is an important factor in the production of terrorism, and that if terrorists behave rationally we should observe that more able suicide bombers are...

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Education, Poverty, Political Violence and Terrorism : Is There a Causal Connection?

Krueger, Alan B. - 2002

The paper investigates whether there is a causal link between poverty or low education and participation in politically motivated violence and terrorist activities. After presenting a discussion of theoretical issues, we review evidence on the determinants of hate crimes. This literature finds...

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Tax Loss Carryforwards and Corporate Tax Incentives

Auerbach, Alan J. - 1986

This paper investigates the extent to which loss-offset constraints affect corporate tax incentives. Using data … sector had tax loss carryforwards. When weighted by their market value, however, these firms account for less than three … percent of this sector, suggesting that loss carryforwards are concentrated among small firms and affect relatively few large …

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On the Persistent Financial Losses of U.S. Airlines : A Preliminary Exploration

Borenstein, Severin - 2011

U.S. airlines have lost nearly $60 billion (2009 dollars) in domestic markets since deregulation, most of it in the last decade. More than 30 years after domestic airline markets were deregulated, the dismal financial record is a puzzle that challenges the economics of deregulation. I examine...

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Locked Up by a Lockup : Valuing Liquidity as a Real Option

Ang, Andrew - 2010

Hedge funds often impose lockups and notice periods to limit the ability of investors to withdraw capital. We model the investor's decision to withdraw capital as a real option and treat lockups and notice periods as exercise restrictions. Our methodology incorporates time-varying probabilities...

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The Effects of the Length of the Tax-Loss Carryback Period on Tax Receipts and Corporate Marginal Tax Rates

Graham, John R. - 2009

We investigate how the length of the net operating loss carryback period affects corporate liquidity and marginal tax … financial industries. Extending the carryback period would increase the marginal tax rate of loss firms by more than 200 basis …

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