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This paper studies how an increase in the number of armed groups operating within an area affects the amount of organized political violence. We use plausible exogenous variation in the number of armed groups in Pakistan, by exploiting the split of a major group due to the natural death of its...
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We investigate whether the stock of foreigners residing in a country leads to a larger number of terrorist attacks on that country. Our instrument for the stock of foreigners relies on the interaction of two sets of variables. Variation across host-origin-dyads results from structural...
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We examine the relationship between terrorism and cabinet duration. Our data set includes more than 2,400 cabinets in … over 150 countries in the period 1968-2002. We find a small, but significant effect of terrorism on the probability of … government failure. Furthermore, we find that the impact of terrorism depends on the type of attack and is larger in case of more …
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What are the main causes of international terrorism? The lessons from the surge of academic research that followed 9 … (the escalation effect) stressing domestic political instability as the main reason for international terrorism … avenue for future research than the available alternatives. -- Terrorism ; international terrorism ; political instability …
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imprisonment, and torture. To some extent, civil rights are also restricted as a consequence of terrorism, while we find no effect … of terrorism on empowerment rights. -- Terrorism ; Human Rights ; Civil Liberties ; Suicide Attacks …
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What are the main causes of international terrorism? The lessons from the surge of academic research that followed 9 … (the escalation effect) stressing domestic political instability as the main reason for international terrorism … avenue for future research than the available alternatives. -- terrorism ; international terrorism ; political instability …
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We assess the robustness of previous findings on the determinants of terrorism. Using extreme bound analysis, the three … most comprehensive terrorism datasets, and focusing on the three most commonly analyzed aspects of terrorist activity, i … citizens of a particular country in a given year. -- causes of terrorism ; poverty and terrorism ; panel estimations ; extreme …
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