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

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 …

How does electoral accountability affect the effectiveness of terrorism prevention in a democracy? We analyze the … connection between electoral accountability and policy effectiveness in the context of terrorism prevention. We develop a formal … objective of terrorism prevention and have symmetric information. We show that electoral pressures to be successful in terrorism …

This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter …-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences … of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is important to regarding of the issue of counter-terrorism policy. Moreover the …