Does government decentralization reduce domestic terror? An empirical test

Using a country panel of domestic terror attacks from 1998 to 2004, we empirically analyze the impact of government decentralization on terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces domestic terror, while political decentralization has no impact.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Dreher, Axel ; Fischer, Justina A.V.
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 111.2011, 3, p. 223-225
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Domestic terrorism Decentralization Federalism Autonomy

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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