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Chapter 25 Terrorism: A Game-Theoretic Approach

Sandler, Todd; Arce, Daniel G. - In: Handbook of defense economics : volume 2, Defense in a …, (pp. 775-813). 2007

This chapter surveys the past applications of game theory to the study of terrorism. By capturing the strategic … interplay between terrorists and targeted governments, game theory is an appropriate methodology for investigating terrorism and … indicates novel directions for applying game theory to terrorism-related issues (e.g., cooperative collectives to strengthen …

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Terrorism, immigration and asylum approval

Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2019

Using the universe of individual asylum cases in the United States from 2000-2004 and a difference-in-differences research design, we test whether Sept. 11, 2001 decreased the likelihood that applicants from Muslim-majority countries were granted asylum. Our estimates suggest that the attacks...

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Armed groups in conflict : competition and political violence in Pakistan

Gassebner, Martin; Schaudt, Paul; Wong, Melvin H. L. - 2020

This paper studies how an increase in the number of armed groups operating within an area affects the amount of organized political violence. We use plausible exogenous variation in the number of armed groups in Pakistan, by exploiting the split of a major group due to the natural death of its...

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"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't": mimicking behaviour of growth-oriented terrorist organizations

Hendel, Ulrich - 2012

on a two-period signaling game. The terrorists, taking into account the government's counter-terrorism response to first … choice it observes in period 1 and adjusts its second period counter-terrorism spending according to the perceived threat of … terrorism. Combining the signaling game and organizational growth approaches of previous contributions, this paper shows that …

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Military aid, direct intervention and counterterrorism

García-Alonso, María del Carmen; Levine, Paul; Smith, Ron - 2015

We present a model of transnational terrorism where two countries, home and foreign, face a terrorist threat based in …

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Violent groups and police tactics : should tear gas make crime preventers cry?

Poutvaara, Panu; Priks, Mikael - 2005

Democratic societies are challenged by various violent and organized groups, be they terrorists, gangs or organized hooligans. In exchange for offering an identity, leaders in such groups typically require members to be violent. We introduce a simple model to capture these stylized facts, and...

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Protecting Cultural Monuments Against Terrorism

Frey, Bruno S.; Rohner, Dominic - 2006

Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy for discouraging terrorist attacks on...

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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,...

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Tourism falls apart : how insecurity affects African tourism

Santana-Gallego, María; Fourie, Johan - In: Tourism economics : the business and finance of tourism … 28 (2022) 4, pp. 995-1008

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Tourism safety and security in the Republic of Armenia

Tovmasyan, Gayane; Tovmasyan, Rubik - In: SocioEconomic challenges : SEC 4 (2020) 2, pp. 14-22

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