that could protect surplus (“security”). But the joint achievement of security and prosperity had to escape a paradox … conflict when defense capability is fixed, but may allow for security and prosperity when defense capability is endogenous …. Some economic shocks and military innovations deliver security and prosperity while others force societies back into a trap …

argue that human capital is an important factor in the production of terrorism, and that if terrorists behave rationally we …

This paper analyzes the normative role for civil liability in aligning terrorism precaution incentives, when the … perpetrators of terrorism are unreachable by courts or regulators. We consider the strategic interaction among targets, subsidiary … targets of terrorism, coupled with direct compensation to victims of terrorist attacks …

This paper examines the role that insurance has played in dealing with terrorism before and after September 11, 2001 …, by focusing on the distinctive challenges associated with terrorism as a catastrophic risk. The Terrorism Risk Insurance … Act of 2002 (TRIA) was passed by the U.S. Congress in November 2002, establishing a national terrorism insurance program …

This paper discusses new challenges we face with terrorism as a catastrophic risk by focusing on risk assessment, risk … management as well as risk financing issues. The special characteristics of terrorism compared with major natural hazards call … for the development of public-private partnerships, as recognized in November 2002 when the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act …

deployments in the Global War on Terrorism on opioid abuse. We exploit a natural experiment in overseas deployment assignments and …