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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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This study examines the effect of religiosity on terrorism by focusing on one of the five pillars of Islam: Ramadan … countries. We argue that this effect partly operates through a decrease in public support for terrorism, which in turn reduces …
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This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or Al-Aqsa) Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with...
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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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support that notion. -- Intifada ; terrorism ; Granger causality …
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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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This study examines the effect of religiosity on terrorism by focusing on one of the five pillars of Islam: Ramadan … countries. We argue that this effect partly operates through a decrease in public support for terrorism, which in turn reduces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892037
This paper introduces model uncertainty into the empirical study of the determinants of terrorism at country level … terrorist attacks. Both a broad measure of terrorism and incidents per capita have been analyzed. Our results suggest that … heterogeneous relationship between terrorism and its determinants is also provided …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012917226
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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terrorism, but also face increased risk of asset loss and institutional mistrust due to rampant corruption. Second, fear of …
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