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Crain, Nicole; Crain, W. - In: Public Choice 128 (2006) 1, pp. 317-349

In this paper we estimate the macroeconomic consequences of terrorism using panel data for 147 countries for the period … 1968–2002. The results reveal that the potential gains to a country from reducing terrorism are quite large, although the … of terrorism on GDP, GDP growth, investment, consumer spending, and tourism. These estimates of the marginal impact of …

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It can happen here: the impact of the Mumbai terror attacks on public opinion in Western Europe

Finseraas, Henning; Listhaug, Ola - In: Public Choice 156 (2013) 1, pp. 213-228

identify a clear jump in fear of terrorism at home as a consequence of the terror attacks, but despite the increase in fear of … terrorism, we find no significant effect of the attack on support for illiberal interrogation techniques or for liberal … terrorism before people change their policy preferences. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013 …

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Spatial Spill-Overs From Terrorism on Tourism : Western Victims in Islamic Destination Countries

Neumayer, Eric - 2018

We analyze spatial spillover effects in international tourism as a consequence of transnational terrorist attacks. Specifically, we hypothesize that attacks executed in Islamic countries on citizens from Western countries will generate spatial spillovers of three kinds. Firstly, tourism from the...

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Interest groups and economic performance: some new evidence

Horgos, Daniel; Zimmermann, Klaus - In: Public Choice 138 (2009) 3, pp. 301-315

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Immigration, redistribution, and universal suffrage

Magni-Berton, Raul - In: Public Choice 160 (2014) 3, pp. 391-409

The effect of immigration on redistribution has been widely debated. This paper contributes to this debate by testing two explanations, which are that (i) immigration tends to reduce redistribution due to people’s higher levels of xenophobia, and that (ii) immigration affects redistribution...

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Disentangling the direct and indirect effects of the initiative process

Matsusaka, John - In: Public Choice 160 (2014) 3, pp. 345-366

Voter initiatives are important for policy making in many countries. While much research shows that the initiative process affects policy choices, almost no evidence explains how the initiative process affects policy. Initiatives might change policy directly through voters approving laws that...

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What explains attitudes across US trade policies?

Hoffman, Michael - In: Public Choice 138 (2009) 3, pp. 447-460

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Condorcet Polling

Potthoff, Richard - In: Public Choice 148 (2011) 1, pp. 67-86

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Are suicide terrorists different from ‘regular militants’?

Sabri, Amir; Schulze, Günther G. - In: Public Choice 188 (2020) 1-2, pp. 155-181

We analyze the differences in the socioeconomic profiles between suicide terrorists and ‘regular’ militants using a dataset of 1596 militants (including 209 suicide terrorists) from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). We find that suicide terrorists are better educated, younger, less...

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Is constitutionalized media freedom only window dressing? Evidence from terrorist attacks

Bjørnskov, Christian; Voigt, Stefan - In: Public Choice 187 (2020) 3-4, pp. 321-348

Media freedom is often curtailed in the wake of terrorist attacks. In this contribution, we ask whether constitutional provisions that are intended—directly or indirectly—to protect media freedom affect the degree to which press freedom is curtailed after terrorist incidents. We find that...

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