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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003956021
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003956028
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The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism : A Survey (Part II)
Schneider, Friedrich - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144782
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The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism : A Survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144785
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The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism : A Survey (Part II)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014191051
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The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism : A Survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014191053
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Walling Off Crime : An Analysis of the Local Deterrent Effects of Increased Border Control
LaPlue, Lawrence D.; McFerrin, William - 2022
This paper analyzes the deterrent effects of both border patrol agents and increased U.S.-Mexico fencing on reported crime rates in U.S. cities located along the border, between 1992 and 2017. We find that, for cities along the U.S.-Mexico border, increases in the number of border patrol agents,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014029993
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Immigration, Integration and Terrorism : Is There a Clash of Cultures?
Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2011
We test whether immigrants are more prone to support terror than natives because of lower opportunity costs, using the international World Values Survey data. We show that, in general, economically, politically and socially non-integrated persons are more likely to accept using violence for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014186851
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An experimental test of the deterrence hypothesis
Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; Strassmair, Christina - 2008
the deterrence hypothesis, namely that crime is weakly decreasing in deterrent incentives, i.e. severity and probability … and within sessions. The across subject analysis clearly rejects the deterrence hypothesis: except for very high levels of … to the deterrence hypothesis and fair-minded subjects for whom deterrent incentives backfire. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951485
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The impact of fine size and uncertainty on punishment and deterrence : theory and evidence from the laboratory
Feess, Eberhard; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; Schramm, … - 2015
of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when … punish, which in turn reduces the deterrence effect of high fines. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify these effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345790