We study the influence of income inequality on terrorism. Using cross-national data for 79 countries for the 2002 … of terrorism. Once endogeneity is properly accounted for by means of an instrumental-variable approach, higher levels of … terrorism is consistent with relative deprivation theory which argues that conflict results from frustration over the actual …

We analyze the effect of income inequality on terrorism for a sample of 114 countries between 1985 and 2012. We provide …), that higher levels of income inequality are associated with more terrorism. Consistent with relative deprivation theory, we … terrorism to voice dissent and achieve a redistribution of wealth. Furthermore, we provide evidence of an indirect effect of …

Understanding the exact connection between inequality and justice is important because justice is classically regarded … justice, the sense of justice would not awaken to exert its moral suasion, no matter how great the inequality or how fast its … increase. We obtain exact links between economic inequality and three parameters of the justice evaluation distribution …