Terrorism is one of the dreaded phenomenons affecting the Nigerian people and her economy. This phenomenon has defiled … many solutions. This study examined the popular held view that the "root cause of terrorism" is poverty within the period … 1980-2010. That is terrorism is caused by poverty related factors (economic variables - GDP, HDI, INFL, FDI, GI, UNE) and …

terrorism on economic growth, using a panel of 78 developing nations with data for the period 1984-2008. The empirical evidence … is based on interactive Quantile regressions. Domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics are employed … investigated hypothesis, we consistently confirm that: (i) In quantiles where terrorism is found to increase (decrease) economic …