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Designing Institutions to Deal with Terrorism in the United States
Feldstein, Martin S. - 2008
evolved in response to terrorism in Britain. The paper also discusses the reasons why there is strong cooperation among the CT …
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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 …
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Do Citizens Want the Truth about Terrorist Threats Regardless of the Consequences?
Smith, V. Kerry - 2010
This paper proposes the use of consumers' preferences in formulating policies for keeping secret information about terrorist activities and threats that might compromise future security. We report the results from two surveys indicating that people have clear preferences for full disclosure of...
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Valuing a Homeland Security Policy : Countermeasures for the Threats from Shoulder Mounted Missiles
Smith, V. Kerry - 2008
This paper reports estimates for the ex ante tradeoffs for three specific homeland security policies that all address a terrorist attack on commercial aircraft with shoulder mounted missiles. Our analysis focuses on the willingness to pay for anti-missile laser jamming countermeasures mounted on...
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Is Terrorism Eroding Agglomeration Economies in Central Business Districts? Lessons from the Office Real Estate Market in Downtown Chicago
Abadie, Alberto - 2006
Districts can be greatly affected by changes in the perceived level of terrorism …
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Modest, Secure and Informed : Successful Development in Conflict Zones
Berman, Eli - 2013
Most interpretations of prevalent counterinsurgency theory imply that increasing government services will reduce rebel violence. Empirically, however, development programs and economic activity sometimes yield increased violence. Using new panel data on development spending in Iraq, we show that...
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Looking Beyond TRIA : A Clinical Examination of Potential Terrorism Loss Sharing
Kunreuther, Howard - 2006
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) established a public-private program to cover commercial enterprises … against foreign terrorism on US soil. It was a temporary measure to increase the availability of risk coverage for terrorist … establishing a national commission on terrorism risk coverage before permanent legislation is enacted …
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The Impact of Fear on Police Behavior and Public Safety
Cho, Sungwoo; Gonçalves, Felipe; Weisburst, Emily - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We examine how changes in the salience of workplace risk affect police behavior and public safety. Specifically, we investigate cases of police officer deaths while on duty. Officers respond to a peer death by decreasing arrest activity for one to two months, consistent with heightened fear....
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Safety Reviews on Airbnb : An Information Tale
Culotta, Aron; Jin, Ginger Zhe; Sun, Yidan; Wagman, Liad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Consumer reviews, especially those expressing concerns of product quality, are crucial for the credibility of online platforms. However, reviews that criticize a product or service may also dissuade buyers from using the platform, creating an incentive to blur the visibility of critical reviews....
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Police Discretion and Public Safety
Gonçalves, Felipe M.; Mello, Steven - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the implications of police discretion for public safety. Highway patrol officers exercise discretion over fines by deviating from statutory fine rules. Relying on variation across officers in this discretionary behavior, we find that harsher sanctions reduce future traffic offending and...
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