Deterrence has been a crucial element in fighting terrorism, both in politics and in rational choice analyses of … terrorism. However, there are two strategies that are superior to deterrence. The first one is to make terrorist attacks less …

This paper develops a theory of political violence that is based on the rationality of individual agents. Violence is …

just obeying and, hence, to be irrational. In this paper we offer a different approach which postulates rationality of all … terrorist leaders to influence their followers. From our model approaches to counter terrorism on both the leadership as well as …

just obeying and, hence, to be irrational. In this paper we offer a different approach which postulates rationality of all … terrorist leaders to influence their followers. From our model approaches to counter terrorism on both the leadership as well as …

This paper provides a theoretical analysis regarding the rationality of suicide attacks from an economist’s point of … – with respect to the aims of terrorism as well as the means to attain them – and reducing the information bias – with …

Terrorist models often focus on one kind of agent as well as one motive to pursue terrorism. Our model diverges from … rational terrorists support terrorism and even commit suicide attacks. In line with empirical findings, income levels play no …