This paper presents a model where foreign aid bolsters a developing country's proactive counterterrorism efforts … against a resident transnational terrorist group. In stage 1 of the game, the donor country allocates resources to terrorism …

We present a model of transnational terrorism where two countries, home and foreign, face a terrorist threat based in …

We present a model of transnational terrorism where two countries, home and foreign, face a terrorist threat based in …

This chapter surveys the past applications of game theory to the study of terrorism. By capturing the strategic … interplay between terrorists and targeted governments, game theory is an appropriate methodology for investigating terrorism and … counterterrorism. Game theory has been used to examine the interaction among targeted governments, the interface between factions …

This paper proposes a simple framework to better understand an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and … open civil conflict against the government. Our model implies that terrorism emerges if constraints on the ruling executive … when considering the incidence and onset of terrorism and conflict. The corresponding magnitudes are economically sizeable …

When do opposition groups decide to mount a terrorism campaign and when do they enter an open civil conflict against … the ruling government? This paper models an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and open conflict …. Terrorism emerges if executive constraints are intermediate and rents are sizeable. Open conflict is predicted to emerge under …