recurrently in the last two decades. Poverty, unemployment, inequality and other socio-economic issues are intertwined with acts … of violence and terrorism. The economic cost of terrorism and counter-terrorism must be taken serious note of. The … potentially rich tourism industry of Kashmir is very badly hit by the terrorism industry. Terrorism once a companion of history is …

When do opposition groups decide to mount a terrorism campaign and when do they enter an open civil conflict against … the ruling government? This paper models an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and open conflict …. Terrorism emerges if executive constraints are intermediate and rents are sizeable. Open conflict is predicted to emerge under …

This paper proposes a simple framework to better understand an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and … open civil conflict against the government. Our model implies that terrorism emerges if constraints on the ruling executive … when considering the incidence and onset of terrorism and conflict. The corresponding magnitudes are economically sizeable …