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We assess the robustness of previous findings on the determinants of terrorism. Using extreme bound analysis, the three … most comprehensive terrorism datasets, and focusing on the three most commonly analyzed aspects of terrorist activity, i … citizens of a particular country in a given year. -- causes of terrorism ; poverty and terrorism ; panel estimations ; extreme …
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Upon arrival to a new country, many immigrants face job downgrading, a phenomenon describing workers being in jobs far below where they would be assigned based on their skills. Downgrading leads to immigrants receiving lower returns to the same skills than natives. The level of downgrading could...
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terrorism, but also face increased risk of asset loss and institutional mistrust due to rampant corruption. Second, fear of …
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In this paper we investigate whether the effects of terrorism in one country spillover to affect trade in neighboring … stock measures of terrorism, and even for terrorist incidents with zero casualties. Spillovers from terrorism are relatively … long-lived, depressing bilateral trade up to five years after a terrorist event. Our findings are consistent with terrorism …
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We report robust evidence of adverse cross-border externalities from terrorism on trade for over 160 countries from … 1976 to 2014. Terrorism in one country spills over to reduce trade in neighboring nations. These externalities arise from …
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The current literature shows a significant negative impact of terrorism on countries' economies. We explore this … relationship in more detail. Using an unbalanced panel of over 160 countries for up to 25 years and the Global Terrorism Database … (GTD) we show a decrease in FDI as a consequence of terrorism. We also find evidence that FDI flows are more sensitive to …
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developed countries and some strategies are presented to combat the financing of terrorism. -- Financial flows of terrorist …
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some strategies are presented to combat (the financing) of terrorism …
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Building on previous literature, we assess when foreign aid is effective in fighting terrorism using quantile … used whereas terrorism includes: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics. We consistently establish … that foreign aid (bilateral, multilateral and total) is effective at fighting terrorism exclusively in countries where …
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country increase the risk of terror. High-skilled migrants are associated with a significantly lower risk of terror compared … to low-skilled ones, while there is no significant difference between male and female migrants. …
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