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An Overview of U.S. Port Security Programs
Haveman, Jon; Shatz, Howard J.; Vilchis, Ernesto - 2004
Since the September 2001 terrorist attacks, security has became paramount in both domestic politics and the daily lives … a comprehensive port-security system and striking a balance between safety and commercial efficiency. This paper … presents an overview of the U.S. federal government's port security efforts to date, including new laws and regulations …
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Terrorism, key assets, and critical infrastructures : to protect or to rebuild? ; that is the question
Crettez, Bertrand; Deloche, Régis - In: Public choice 144 (2010) 1/2, pp. 105-118
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Decomposing Violence : Crime Cycles in the Twentieth Century in the United States
Gomez-Sorzano, Gustavo A. - 2008
I apply the Beveridge-Nelson business cycle decomposition method to the time series of murder in the United States (1900-2004). Separating out permanent from cyclical murder, I hypothesize that the cyclical part coincides with documented waves of organized crime, internal tensions, breakdowns in...
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Revisiting Negative Externalities of U.S. Military Bases : The Case of Okinawa
Hikotani, Takako; Horiuchi, Yusaku; Tago, Atsushi - 2021
In a recently published article, Allen et al. (2020) argue that U.S. military deployments nurture favorable attitudes toward the U.S. among foreign citizens. Their claim is based on social contact and economic compensation theories, applied to a large-scale cross-national survey project funded...
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Military intervention via drone strikes
Mahmood, Rafat; Jetter, Michael - 2019
We study the 420 US drone strikes in Pakistan from 2006-2016, isolating causal effects on terrorism, anti-US sentiment, and radicalization via an instrumental variable strategy based on wind. Drone strikes are suggested to encourage terrorism in Pakistan, bearing responsibility for 16 percent of...
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Russia and USA Scenario Planning – Trump and Putin Meeting – Business Boom or Lonely to Prove that They are Right?
ul Haq, Bina - 2020
Summary • Putin and Trump, leaders arguably with hostile powers. Their meeting holds significant importance in history, requiring scenario planning to structure long-term business relationships and a defense playground for both countries.• It will provide assurances; to the operating...
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Diasporas and conflict
Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016
peace-wrecking force or triggers a transition towards peace. A dynamic version of the model with an endogenous diaspora …
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Political economy and governance
Dietsche, Evelyn - 2017
This paper reviews the political economy of extractive resources and the associated resources sector governance agenda. The consensus that good sector governance improves the developmental impacts of extractive resources exploitation is premised on the understanding that institutions matter for...
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Resource-richness and economic growth in contemporary U.S.
Jaimes, Richard; Gerlagh, Reyer - 2017
Between 1997 and 2014, US corn, soybean and cotton production almost fully converted to genetically modified crops. Starting around 2007, improved tight oil and shale gas technologies turned the declining US fossil fuel production into a booming industry. We study the effects of these two...
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Property and the creation of value
Moller, Dan - In: Economics & philosophy 33 (2017) 1, pp. 1-23
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