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support that notion. -- Intifada ; terrorism ; Granger causality …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 …
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In this paper we assess the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings in the Second Intifada. We find … evidence that the targeted killings of Palestinian leaders by Israel reduce realized Palestinian violence. We find, however …, that intended Palestinian violence is increasing at low levels of targeted killings, but decreasing at higher levels. There …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316942
In this study we extend our previous work to examine the dynamic relationship between violence committed by Palestinian … factions and that committed by Israel during the Second Intifada. We find a statistically significant relationship between … Palestinian factions. We conjecture that these differences are due to the different positions of the factions vis-à-vis bargaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318040
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 periods of high levels of violence and periods of relative calm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318186
over a two-state solution to the conflict as well as the organizational structures of the factions. -- Intifada ; terrorism … ; conflict resolution ; bargaining ; violence …In this study we extend our previous work to examine the dynamic relationship between violence committed by Palestinian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003253461
organized political violence. We use plausible exogenous variation in the number of armed groups in Pakistan, by exploiting the … violence. By combining different data sources and implementing a new approach to deal with potential double-counting, we … provide a proxy for counter-insurgency efforts by the government. We show that the increase in violence is primarily driven by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012231521
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024404
organized political violence. We use plausible exogenous variation in the number of armed groups in Pakistan, by exploiting the … violence. By combining different data sources and implementing a new approach to deal with potential double-counting, we … provide a proxy for counter-insurgency efforts by the government. We show that the increase in violence is primarily driven by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012830355
I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized …), terrorism, and external conflicts, including military spending. There are a number of key theoretical concerns on what counts as … of organized conflict and violence are aggregated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316344
insecurity and experiencing violence. Our study is based on surveys conducted by the Asia Foundation from 2014 to 2021 across 34 … income and happiness. Additionally, we find a negative association between fear of insecurity, experiencing violence, and … have experienced violence, the probability of having a high level of happiness declines by about 3.8% points when compared …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444343