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Violent groups and police tactics : should tear gas make crime preventers cry?
Poutvaara, Panu; Priks, Mikael - 2005
Democratic societies are challenged by various violent and organized groups, be they terrorists, gangs or organized hooligans. In exchange for offering an identity, leaders in such groups typically require members to be violent. We introduce a simple model to capture these stylized facts, and...
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"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't": Mimicking behaviour of growth-oriented terrorist organizations
Hendel, Ulrich - 2012
on a two-period signaling game. The terrorists, taking into account the government's counter-terrorism response to first … choice it observes in period 1 and adjusts its second period counter-terrorism spending according to the perceived threat of … terrorism. Combining the signaling game and organizational growth approaches of previous contributions, this paper shows that …
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Sicherheit, Strafe und positive Alternativen
Frey, Bruno S.; Neckermann, Susanne - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 78 (2009) 4, pp. 61-72
Terrorismus diskutiert. … possibilities and limits of the proposed positive approaches are discussed using terrorism as an example. …
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Sorgen um den globalen Terrorismus in Deutschland
Müller, Cathérine - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 37, pp. 544-548
Sorgen um den globalen Terrorismus als um ihre eigene wirtschaftliche Situation. Besonders ältere Menschen und Frauen … Abitur machen sich signifikant seltener große Sorgen um den globalen Terrorismus. Diese Befunde sind wichtig, weil Emotionen … politischen Umgang mit Terrorismus. …
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Prävention und Menschenwürde - oder: Kants Instrumentalisierungsverbot und die ökonomische Theorie der Strafe
Schmidtchen, Dieter - 2002
In diesem Beitrag wird gezeigt, daß der Einwand, Straftäter würden in der ökonomischen konsequentialistischen Straftheorie in einer gegen die Menschenwürde verstoßenden Weise instrumentalisiert, nicht zutrifft. Entgegen Kant wird argumentiert, daß vernunftbegabte Wesen wie etwa der homo...
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Fighting corruption with asymmetric penalties and leniency
Lambsdorff, Johann; Nell, Mathias - 2007
Corrupt arrangements are characterized by a high risk of opportunism: double-dealing, whistle-blowing and extortion are significant uncertainties for participants in corrupt transactions. This paper demonstrates how legislators may use an asymmetric design of (criminal) sanctions and leniency...
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Islamistischer Terrorismus: Analysen, Entwicklungen und Anti-Terrorpolitik aus der Sicht ökonomischer Forschung
Entorf, Horst - 2005
Der Artikel liefert einen Einblick in die wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Sichtweise der Terrorismusforschung und versucht Aspekte der zukünftigen Entwicklung zu beleuchten. Dabei werden Konzepte des Angebots und der Erträge terroristischer Aktivitäten beschrieben und Ansatzpunkte einer...
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Delinquent networks
Ballester, Coralio; Calvó-Armengol, Antoni; Zenou, Yves - 2009
Delinquents are embedded in a network of relationships. Social ties among delinquents are modeled by means of a graph where delinquents compete for a booty and benefit from local interactions with their neighbors. Each delinquent decides in a non-cooperative way how much delinquency effort he...
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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism: A survey (Part II)
Schneider, Friedrich G.; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter …-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences … of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is important to regarding of the issue of counter-terrorism policy. Moreover the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276717
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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism: A survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich G.; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter …-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences … of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is important to regarding of the issue of counter-terrorism policy. Moreover the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276718