Blalock, Garrick; Kadiyali, Vrinda; Simon, Daniel - In: Applied Economics 41 (2009) 14, pp. 1717-1729
We show that the public's response to terrorist threats can have unintended consequences that rival the attacks themselves in severity. Driving fatalities increased significantly after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, events that prompted many travellers to substitute road transportation...