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This paper discusses a novel approach to elicit people's preferences for public goods, namely the life satisfaction … to estimate utility losses caused by terrorist activities in France, the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Terrorism in … these countries depresses life satisfaction in a sizeable and robust way. However, the calculation of the trade-off between …
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A growing literature in economics uses subjective well-being data collected in surveys as a proxy for utility. Environmental economists have combined these data with the public goods experienced by respondents using a novel non-market valuation approach: the experienced preference approach. In...
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We investigate whether the stock of foreigners residing in a country leads to a larger number of terrorist attacks on that country. Our instrument for the stock of foreigners relies on the interaction of two sets of variables. Variation across host-origin-dyads results from structural...
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A growing literature concludes that terrorism impacts the economy, yet less is known about its impact on utility. This … of well-being to terrorism. …
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terrorism, but also face increased risk of asset loss and institutional mistrust due to rampant corruption. Second, fear of …
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the rate of depressive symptoms. However, life satisfaction, an evaluative measure of happiness, is largely immune from …
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