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Who has terror angst? : perceptions of the effects of terror on the world economy
Boumans, Dorine; Garnitz, Johanna; Schulze, Günther G. - 2016
We examine sources of biased terror perceptions. In particular, we investigate how international experts of the IFO … World Economic Survey assess the effect of terror on the world economy and the economy of their own country. The results … show that respondents from terror stricken countries have more favorable views on the effect of terror on the word economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522133
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Who has terror angst? : perceptions of the effects of terror on the world economy
Boumans, Dorine; Garnitz, Johanna; Schulze, Günther G. - In: Applied economics letters 25 (2018) 1, pp. 29-33
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853608
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Who Has Terror Angst? Perceptions of the Effects of Terror on the World Economy
Boumans, Dorine - 2016
We examine sources of biased terror perceptions. In particular, we investigate how international experts of the IFO … World Economic Survey assess the effect of terror on the world economy and the economy of their own country. The results … show that respondents from terror stricken countries have more favorable views on the effect of terror on the word economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012981592
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Cultures, clashes and peace
Fletcher, Erin; Iyigun, Murat - 2009
Ethnic and religious fractionalization have important effects on economic growth and development, but their role in internal violent conflicts has been found to be negligible and statistically insignificant. These findings have been invoked in refutation of the Huntington hypothesis, according...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831220
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The stock market effects of Islamist versus non-Islamist terror
Jin, Gan; Karim, Md Rafiul; Schulze, Günther G. - 2024
We are the first to analyze the effect of terror on stock markets by terror ideology. Surprisingly, we find that … Islamist terror attacks created significant negative abnormal returns in American and European markets, but the stock market … effects of other terror attacks were almost nil. For our sample of all 124 terrorist attacks in the US and Europe in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014478721
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The stock market effects of Islamist versus non-Islamist terror
Jin, Gan; Karima, Md Rafiul; Schulze, Günther G. - 2024 - Electronically published: 16.1.2024
We are the first to analyze the effect of terror on stock markets by terror ideology. Surprisingly, we find that … Islamist terror attacks created significant negative abnormal returns in American and European markets, but the stock market … effects of other terror attacks were almost nil. For our sample of all 124 terrorist attacks in the US and Europe in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014481141
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What is behind the weakness in global investment?
Leboeuf, Maxime; Fay, Bob - 2016
The recovery in private business investment globally remains extremely weak more than seven years after the financial crisis. This paper contributes to the ongoing policy debate on the factors behind this weakness by analyzing the role of growth prospects and uncertainty in explaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422052
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Class Warfare, Anarchy and the Future Society : Is the Middle Class forging a Gramscian Counter-Hegemonic Bloc Worldwide? What are the Implications?
Maavak, Mathew - 2013
This paper analyses the mechanics and ramifications of a rise in social agitations worldwide. It combines pertinent scholarly works, anecdotes and contemporary news reports to inquire whether the global middle class is consolidating to lead a mass-based revolt within societies – as well as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160310
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International Workshop 'Energy Security - Multidimensional Scientific Research and Praxis'
Bulz, Nicolae - 2012
Simpler to me would be a lunar colony with a mini nuclear power plant. The materials for the panels would in both cases be found on the moon. Launching of the panels would benefit from the low gravity on the moon (1/6 of earth gravity) and the earth would still be saved from the environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013102592
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Regulation and Diplomacy in Telecommunications
Haroon, Yousaf - 2005
The very concept of 'domestic regulation' in telecommunications comes from multilateral commitments of international trade in services, under WTO GATS. As international trade is a domain of multilateral and intergovernmental diplomatic relations, where regulation in telecom services, directly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014027984