Freytag, Andreas; Krüger, Jens J.; Meierrieks, Daniel; … - In: European Journal of Political Economy 27 (2011) S1, pp. 5-5
Prior research has concluded that socio-economic development does not significantly affect terrorism. We take an …-economic development is conducive to terrorism. We find that socio-economic variables indeed matter to terrorism, contrary to other results …. Our findings imply that countries can benefit from economic development and growth in terms of a reduction in terrorism. …