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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427627
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Marine-Einsatz vor Somalia: mehr als eine Sisyphusarbeit?
Shortland, Anja; Vothknecht, Marc - In: DIW Wochenbericht 78 (2011) 7, pp. 2-6
Die Marineoperation im Golf von Aden hat auch im vergangenen Jahr das Ausmaß der Piraterie vor den Küsten Somalias nicht entscheidend verringern können. Neben einer sich extrem schwierig gestaltenden Strafverfolgung führt vor allem die Größe des betroffenen Seegebiets dazu, dass Piraten...
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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism: A survey (Part II)
Schneider, Friedrich; 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/10010291786
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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism: A survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich; 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/10010291788
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The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: A Survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2011
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/10011335410
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The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: A Survey (Part II)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2011
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/10011335414
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Military Intervention via Drone Strikes
Mahmood, Rafat; Jetter, Michael - 2019
We study the 420 US drone strikes in Pakistan from 2006-2016, isolating causal effects on terrorism, anti-US sentiment …, and radicalization via an instrumental variable strategy based on wind. Drone strikes are suggested to encourage terrorism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006018
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Protecting Cultural Monuments Against Terrorism
Frey, Bruno S.; Rohner, Dominic - 2005
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/10012168229
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The (hidden) financial flows of terrorist organizations: A literature review and some preliminary empirical results
Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2010
developed countries and some strategies are presented to combat the financing of terrorism. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276713
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Money laundering and its regulations
Chong, Alberto; López-de-Silanes, Florencio - 2007
The recent wave of terrorist attacks has increased the attention paid to money laundering activities. Using several methodologies, this paper investigates empirically the determinants of money laundering and its regulation in over 80 countries by assembling a cross-country dataset on proxies for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278242