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In this paper we estimate the macroeconomic consequences of terrorism using panel data for 147 countries for the period … 1968–2002. The results reveal that the potential gains to a country from reducing terrorism are quite large, although the … of terrorism on GDP, GDP growth, investment, consumer spending, and tourism. These estimates of the marginal impact of …
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. Deterring terrorism has proved a different matter, because terrorists are difficult to detect and present few targets that can …
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instrument of counterterrorism as resting on the premise of a deterrence effect. Based on comparative arguments and previous …Camera surveillance has recently gained prominence in policy proposals on combating terrorism. We evaluate this … evidence on crime, we expect camera surveillance to have a relatively smaller deterrent effect on terrorism than on other forms …
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instrument of counterterrorism as resting on the premise of adeterrence effect. Based on comparative arguments and previous … evidence on crime, weexpect camera surveillance to have a relatively smaller deterrent effect on terrorism than onother forms …
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Deterrence has been a crucial element in fighting terrorism, both in actual politics and rational choice analyses of … terrorism. But there are superior strategies to deterrence. One is to make terrorist attacks less attractive. Another to raise … among the interacting parties. In contrast, the deterrence system is based on “threats” and tends to produce a negative sum …
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Deterrence has been a crucial element in fighting terrorism, both in politics and in rational choice analyses of … terrorism. However, there are two strategies that are superior to deterrence. The first one is to make terrorist attacks less …
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-related policies also affect the inclination towards terrorism, through (desirable) deterrence and (undesirable) 'hate effects'. If …In this paper, I present and discuss a method for modelling an important trade-off faced by terrorism prevention … policies: the trade-off between, on the one hand, trying to reduce people's inclination towards terrorism, and, on the other …
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Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy for discouraging terrorist attacks on...
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Deterrence has been a crucial element in fighting terrorism, both in politics and in rational choice analyses of … terrorism. However, there are two strategies that are superior to deterrence. The first one is to make terrorist attacks less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005673520
Deterrence has been a crucial element in fighting terrorism, both in politics and in rational choice analyses of … terrorism. However, there are two strategies that are superior to deterrence. The first one is to make terrorist attacks less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005753903