Poverty, political freedom, and the roots of terrorism in developing countries: An empirical assessment

This paper finds that political freedom has a significant and non-linear effect on domestic terrorism, but this effect is not significant in the case of transnational terrorism. Some of our other novel findings are that while geography and fractionalization may limit a county’s ability to curb terrorism, the presence of strong legal institutions deters it. ; Earlier title: "What spurs terrorism in developing nations?"

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu ; Younas, Javed
Institutions:	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Subject:	Terrorism

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 2009-023
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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