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In this study we extend our previous work to examine the dynamic relationship between violence committed by Palestinian … factions and that committed by Israel during the Second Intifada. We find a statistically significant relationship between … Palestinian factions. We conjecture that these differences are due to the different positions of the factions vis-à-vis bargaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123813
In this study we extend our previous work to examine the dynamic relationship between violence committed by Palestinian … factions and that committed by Israel during the Second Intifada. We find a statistically significant relationship between … Palestinian factions. We conjecture that these differences are due to the different positions of the factions vis-à-vis bargaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761886
This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or … "Al-Aqsa") Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been … killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with periods of high levels of violence and periods of relative calm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168595
This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or … "Al-Aqsa") Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been … killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with periods of high levels of violence and periods of relative calm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700876
This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or … 'Al-Aqsa') Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been … killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with periods of high levels of violence and periods of relative calm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661712
The U.S. military has been criticized for its failure to stop the Iraqi insurgency’s use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which have caused most of the Coalition casualties. We use an instrumental variables approach to estimate the insurgent responses to U.S. military countermeasures....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168560
Coalition offensive operations in Iraq seek to disrupt insurgents and their networks, but may also act as a recruitment tool for the insurgency. We use data from Coalition press releases and casualty reports to assess the total impact of these operations. We find that two additional offensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168582
In this paper we assess the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings in the Second Intifada. We find … evidence that the targeted killings of Palestinian leaders by Israel reduce realized Palestinian violence. We find, however …, that intended Palestinian violence is increasing at low levels of targeted killings, but decreasing at higher levels. There …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005588178
In this paper we assess the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings in the Second Intifada. We find … evidence that the targeted killings of Palestinian leaders by Israel reduce realized Palestinian violence. We find, however …, that intended Palestinian violence is increasing at low levels of targeted killings, but decreasing at higher levels. There …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566455
more likely to accept using violence for achieving political goals, consistent with the economic model of crime. We also … culturally distanced countries in Africa and Asia appear more likely to view using violence for political goals as justified … transnational terrorist attacks in OECD countries, we show that the population attitudes towards violence and terror determine the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777376