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Using a dynamic panel data framework, we investigate the relationship between the two major forms of terrorism and … focuses on 78 developing countries for 1984-2008. Our findings suggest that all types of terrorism depress FDI. In addition …, aid mitigates the negative effects of total and domestic terrorism on FDI; however, this is not the case for transnational …
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Terrorism causes enormous costs to society. Since the 9/11 attacks, the “war on terror” has therefore been an important …, terrorist financing involves “reverse” money laundering. This is a consequence of some fundamental differences between terrorism …
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The existing literature on the determinants of terrorism treats terror as a uniform phenomenon and does not distinguish … terror. We analyze determinants of domestic and international terrorism, for target and origin using the Global Terrorism …
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control variables and method of estimation …
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Using panel data for a maximum of 109 countries over the years 1976-2000, we empirically analyze the impact of decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Taking account of the potential simultaneity between terror and decentralization, our results show that expenditure...
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In this paper we investigate whether the effects of terrorism in one country spillover to affect trade in neighboring … stock measures of terrorism, and even for terrorist incidents with zero casualties. Spillovers from terrorism are relatively … long-lived, depressing bilateral trade up to five years after a terrorist event. Our findings are consistent with terrorism …
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Usually, studies analyzing terrorism focus on the total number of casualties or attacks in a given county. However, per … capita rates of terrorism are more likely to matter for individual welfare. Analyzing 214 countries from 1970-2014, we show … terror per capita. A larger share of Muslims in society is, if anything, associated with less terrorism. Similar conclusions …
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This paper constructs a model of trade consequences of terrorism, where firms in trading nations face different costs … arising from domestic and transnational terrorism. Using dyadic dataset in a gravity model, we test terrorism’s effects on … terrorism has little or no influence on trade of primary products, terrorism reduces trade of manufactured goods. This novel …
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controls. Oil, illegal ‘taxation', extorting and smuggling from passports to slaves, are already known as terrorism financing … offer ‘true Muslims freedom from the satanic financial system'. The ‘defeat and degrade' strategy of the rest of the world …
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This paper models the feasibility of common policy initiatives against global terrorism, as well as timelines for their … enforcement. The empirical evidence is based on 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Employed terrorism dynamics are … domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism. Absolute (or unconditional) and conditional catch-ups are modeled using …
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