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Why Kill Politicians? A Rational Choice Analysis of Political Assassinations
Frey, Bruno S. - 2007
In the course of history a large number of politicians has been assassinated. A rational choice analysis is used to distinguish the expected marginal benefits of killing, and the marginal cost of attacking a politician. The comparative analysis of various equilibria helps us to gain insights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050152
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Overprotected Politicians
Frey, Bruno S. - 2007
This paper argues that politicians are overprotected. The costs of political assassination differ systematically depending on whether a private or a public point of view is taken. A politician attributes a very high (if not infinite) cost to his or her survival. The social cost of political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050421
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Protecting Cultural Monuments Against Terrorism
Frey, Bruno S.; Rohner, Dominic - 2006
Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy for discouraging terrorist attacks on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014060595
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Cultural Overtourism : A Radical Proposal
Frey, Bruno S.; Briviba, Andre - 2020
The negative external effects caused by Cultural Overtourism were evident at various cultural sites, especially in Europe. However, the exogenous shock of a pandemic and the consequences of governmental interventions resulted in a situation of worldwide Undertourism. It is to be expected that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014095992
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Migration and Cultural Change
Rapoport, Hillel; Sardoschau, Sulin - 2022
We propose a novel perspective on migration and cultural change by asking both theoretically and empirically and from a … global viewpoint whether migration is a source of cultural convergence or divergence between home and host countries. Our … similarity for a large number of country pairs and exploit within country-pair variation over time. Our results support migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084067
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Politicians: Be Killed or Survive
Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2008
In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005808603
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Overprotected Politicians
Frey, Bruno S. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2007
This paper argues that politicians are overprotected. The costs of political assassination differ systematically depending on whether a private or a public point of view is taken. A politician attributes a very high (if not infinite) cost to his or her survival. The social cost of political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162600
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Why Kill Politicians? A Rational Choice Analysis of Political Assassinations
Frey, Bruno S. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2007
In the course of history a large number of politicians has been assassinated. A rational choice analysis is used to distinguish the expected marginal benefits of killing, and the marginal cost of attacking a politician. The comparative analysis of various equilibria helps us to gain insights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162609
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Politicians: Be Killed or Survive
Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - School of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2009
In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181700
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Politicians: Be Killed or Survive
Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - CESifo - 2008
In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406072