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The dynamics of terrorist organizations
Hausken, Kjell - In: Operations Research Perspectives 6 (2019), pp. 1-14
value each other differently which impacts their relative strengths. Capital sponsors may view criminal mercenaries as …Terrorist organizations are most often comprised of ideologues, criminal mercenaries, and captive participants … survive. For terrorist organizations this comes through capital support or through criminal activities. Mercenaries serve the …
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The dynamics of terrorist organizations
Hausken, Kjell - In: Operations research perspectives 6 (2019), pp. 1-14
value each other differently which impacts their relative strengths. Capital sponsors may view criminal mercenaries as …Terrorist organizations are most often comprised of ideologues, criminal mercenaries, and captive participants … survive. For terrorist organizations this comes through capital support or through criminal activities. Mercenaries serve the …
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Governments playing games and combating the dynamics of a terrorist organization
Hausken, Kjell - In: International game theory review 23 (2021) 2, pp. 1-26
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Determining the ideological orientation of terrorist organisations : the effects of government repression and organised crime
Hausken, Kjell; Gupta, Dipak K. - In: International journal of public policy 12 (2016) 1/2, pp. 71-97
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Al Qaeda at the bar : coordinating ideologues and mercenaries in terrorist organizations
Hausken, Kjell; Banuri, Sheheryar; Gupta, Dipak K.; … - In: Public choice 164 (2015) 1/2, pp. 45-56
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An introduction to hypergeometric functions for economists
Abadir, Karim - In: Econometric Reviews 18 (1999) 3, pp. 287-330
Hypergeometric functions are a generalization of exponential functions. They are explicit, computable functions that can also be manipulated analytically. The functions and series we use in quantitative economics are all special cases of them. In this paper, a unified approach to hypergeometric...
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Lanchester resurgent? The mathematics of terrorism risk
Powers, Michael R. - In: Journal of Risk Finance 9 (2008) May, pp. 225-231
Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to consider whether or not the classical “Lanchester equations” of military combat are useful for modeling the financial risks associated with contemporary terrorist attacks. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins by describing...
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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 …
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Information, evolution and utility
Samuelson, Larry; Swinkels, Jeroen M. - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 1 (2006) 1, pp. 119-142
Human utility embodies a number of seemingly irrational aspects. The leading example in this paper is that utilities … of our utility functions. …
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Shadow economy, tax morale, governance and institutional quality : a panel analysis
Schneider, Friedrich; Torgler, Benno - 2007
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