What is the impact of terrorism on trade through higher security at the borders? We set up a theory which shows that … the impact goes not only from terrorism to trade; higher trade with a partner might, in turn, increase the probability of … terrorism acts and make security measures more costly for total welfare. In order to identify the true impact of terrorism, our …

peaceful as compared to violent means, distinguishing terrorism from insurgencies. We hypothesize that organizations are more … likely to resort to terrorism rather than rebellion in richer countries where population mobilization is more difficult. We …

This paper uses scoring matching techniques and event study analysis to elucidate the impact of terrorism across … that belong to the defence, security or anti-terrorism related industries and other companies. The findings show that … whereas terrorism has a significant negative impact on non defence-related companies, the overall effect of terrorism on …

What are the main causes of international terrorism? The lessons from the surge of academic research that followed 9 … (the escalation effect) stressing domestic political instability as the main reason for international terrorism …

transnational terrorism. We then survey the recent economic literature in light of this framework by pointing to the importance in …' countries of terrorism and c) to take into account the intertemporal persistence of terrorism between specific pairs of …

prominently, commanding 30% of current defense R&D spending, versus just about 13% for intelligence and anti-terrorism. The second …, and the extent to which security against terrorism is (still) a public good. I develop for that purpose a simple model of … terrorism, cast in a nested discrete choice framework. Two strategies are considered: fighting terrorism at its source, and …