How does electoral accountability affect the effectiveness of terrorism prevention in a democ- racy? 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 …

In “Are Voters Sensitive to Terrorism? Direct Evidence from the Israeli Electorate,“ Claude Berrebi and Esteban F. Klor …

There is surprisingly little evidence on how terror attacks impact elections. With only a few exceptions, previous …

There is surprisingly little evidence on how terror attacks impact elections. With only a few exceptions, previous …

successful political parties while simultaneously carrying out terrorist attacks. Yet the relationship between terrorism and a … civilians when they simultaneously participate in democratic elections. I argue that attacking civilians is not good for …

.S. Presidential elections. They model this situation as a signaling game in which a population of receivers takes a binary choice, the …

Economists have recently turned their attention to the effects of terrorism. One much debated effect of terrorist … attacks is its impact on the results of democratic elections. We use the electoral consequences of the terrorist attacks of … three consecutive Congressional elections. Our empirical results indicate that a terrorist attack can have a large impact on …