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Why Kill Politicians? A Rational Choice Analysis of Political Assassinations
Frey, Bruno S. - 2007
In the course of history a large number of politicians has been assassinated. A rational choice analysis is used to distinguish the expected marginal benefits of killing, and the marginal cost of attacking a politician. The comparative analysis of various equilibria helps us to gain insights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050152
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Politicians : Be Killed or Survive
Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - 2008
: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well functioning system of law and order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216963
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Leadership in Counter-Terrorism - Dichotomy or Congruence
Kulatunga, Aruna - 2008
course covering 300 slides, this presentation goes through the gamut of militancy, terrorism, counter-terrorism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014217016
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Money and Terror : Is There an End to American Addiction to Oil?
Karoui, Hichem - 2007
Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world, said President George W. Bush in his February 1, 2006 State of the Union Address, delivered before a Joint Session of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014026341
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Terrorism prevention and electoral accountability
Dragu, Tiberiu; Polborn, Mattias - 2009
. -- terrorism ; elections ; accountability …How does electoral accountability affect the effectiveness of terrorism prevention in a democracy? We analyze the … connection between electoral accountability and policy effectiveness in the context of terrorism prevention. We develop a formal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003913208
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Politicians : be killed or survive
Frey, Bruno S. (contributor); Torgler, Benno (contributor) - 2008
: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well functioning system of law and order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003791827
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Terrorism Prevention and Electoral Accountability
Dragu, Tiberiu; Polborn, Mattias - 2021
How does electoral accountability affect the effectiveness of terrorism prevention in a democracy? We analyze the … connection between electoral accountability and policy effectiveness in the context of terrorism prevention. We develop a formal … objective of terrorism prevention and have symmetric information. We show that electoral pressures to be successful in terrorism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316286
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Politicians : Be Killed or Survive
Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - 2021
: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well functioning system of law and order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316433
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Terrorism and misperceptions : evidence from Europe
Arin, Kerim Peren; Khalil, Umair; Mazrekaj, Deni; Thum, … - 2023
How does exposure to Islamist terrorism change perceptions of the share of Muslims and immigrants? We conduct a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014288568
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Terrorism and Misperceptions : Evidence from Europe
Arin, Kerim Peren; Khalil, Umair; Mazrekaj, Deni; Thum, … - 2023
How does exposure to Islamist terrorism change perceptions of the share of Muslims and immigrants? We conduct a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014348045