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Glücksforschung: Eine empirische Analyse
Frey, Bruno; Steiner, Lasse - In: AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv 6 (2012) 1, pp. 9-25
In economics there is presently an almost revolutionary development. The direct measurement of subjective welfare challenges traditional economics, inspires it, and opens new avenues for scientific research. The approaches and possibilities of an economic analysis of happiness are shown and...
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Der 11. September und die Folgen in Asien: Politische Reaktionen in der VR China, Japan, Malaysia und Vietnam
Adelsberger, Karin; Derichs, Claudia; Heberer, Thomas; … - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität … - 2002
zeigen deutlich, dass Politik jenseits des geteilten Entsetzens über die Ausmaße des internationalen Terrorismus doch in … horror of the extent of international terrorism. …
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Immigration, integration and terrorism: is there a clash of cultures?
Fischer, Justina - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2011
more likely to accept using violence for achieving political goals, consistent with the economic model of crime. We also …
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The Enemy You Can't See: An Investigation of the Disruption of Dark Networks
McBride, Michael; Hewitt, David - Department of Economics, University of California-Irvine - 2012
We examine the optimal disruption of dark (covert and illegal) networks. Of central importance is that an interventionist will generally have incomplete information about the dark network's architecture. We derive the optimal disruption strategy in a stylized model of dark network intervention...
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Comparing the Determinants of Concern about Terrorism and Crime
Brück, Tilman; Müller, Cathérine - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
Both crime and terrorism impose costs onto society through the channels of fear and worry. Identifying and targeting …. However, compared to the drivers of the fear of crime, the determinants of concerns regarding global terrorism are less well … global terrorism and crime, and show that worries about terrorism are driven by similar determinants as those about crime …
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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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The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks
Gershenson, Seth; Tekin, Erdal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Community traumatic events such as mass shootings, terrorist attacks, and natural or man-made disasters have the potential to disrupt student learning in numerous ways. For example, these events can reduce instructional time by causing teacher and student absences, school closures, and...
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Comparing the Determinants of Concern about Terrorism and Crime
Brück, Tilman; Müller, Cathérine - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
Both crime and terrorism impose costs onto society through the channels of fear and worry. Identifying and targeting …. However, compared to the drivers of the fear of crime, the determinants of concerns regarding global terrorism are less well … global terrorism and crime, and show that worries about terrorism are driven by similar determinants as those about crime …
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Control Creep
Innes, Martin - In: Sociological Research Online 6 (2001) 3
Reacting to the attacks on September 11th and subsequently, governments in both the USA and UK have identified a need to enhance the social control apparatus in order to protect citizens from forms of 'asymmetric warfare' conducted by terrorist groups. These attempts to reform the provision of...
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Sicherheit, Strafe und positive Alternativen
Frey, Bruno S.; Neckermann, Susanne - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 78 (2009) 4, pp. 61-72
The economics of crime concentrates on policies in the form of punishments. To adopt such a policy is unwise for … several reasons. On the one hand, there are important instances in which punishment is unable to reduce crime or may even … possibilities and limits of the proposed positive approaches are discussed using terrorism as an example. Die Ökonomik der …
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