Terrorism and social capital
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Arvanitidis, P, Economou, A., Kollias, C. (2016). Terrorism’s effects on social capital in European countries. Public Choice 169(3), 231–250.
Studies have shown that major terrorist events have the potential to exert significant influence on...
Benmelech, E., Klor, E. (2016). What explains the flow of foreign fighters to ISIS? NBER Working Paper N. 22190.
This paper provides the first systematic analysis of the link between economic, political, and...
Blomberg, S. B., Hess, G. D., Tan, D. Y. (2011). Terrorism and the economics of trust. Journal of Peace Research 48(3): 383–398.
Previous research has shown that trust is an important component that encourages investment and...
Caruso, R., Schneider, F. (2011). The socio-economic determinants of terrorism and political violence in Western Europe. European Journal of Political Economy 27: S37–S49.
he main objective of this paper is to empirically investigate the socio-economic causes of...
Coupè, T. (2016). The Impact of Terrorism on Expectations, Trust and Happiness: The Case of the November 13 Attacks in Paris, France. Applied Economics Letters
I use quasi-experimental evidence to measure the impact of the 13 November 2015 attacks in Paris,...
Ezcurra, R., Palacios, D. (2016). Terrorism and spatial disparities: Does interregional inequality matter? European Journal of Political Economy 42, 60–74.
This article examines the relationship between interregional inequality and the incidence of...
Gries, T., Meierrieks, M., Redlin, M. (2015). Oppressive governments, dependence on the USA, and anti-American terrorism. Oxford Economic Papers 67 (1): 83-103.
We study the nexus between US economic and military aid, human rights conditions, and the emergence...
Guriev, S., Melnikov, N. (2016). War, Inflation, and Social Capital. American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings 106(5): 230-35.
We use weekly data from 79 Russian regions to measure the impact of economic shocks and proximity...
Jennings, C., Sanchez-Pages, S. (2017). Social capital, conflict and welfare. Journal of Development Economics 124: 157-167.
This paper analyzes the role of external conflict as a force that can create social capital....
Kis-Katos, C., Liebert, H., Schulze, G. (2015). On the heterogeneity of terror. European Economic Review 68: 116-136.
Most of the existing literature on the determinants of terrorism treats terror as a uniform...
Metcalfe, R., Powdthavee, N., Dolan, P. (2011). Using a Quasi-Experiment to Show the Effects of the September 11 Attacks on Mental Well-Being. The Economic Journal 121: F81–F103.
Using a longitudinal household panel dataset in the UK, where a significant proportion of the...
Rehman, F., Vanin, P. (2017). Terrorism risk and democratic preferences in Pakistan. Journal of Development Economics 42: 60-74.
This article examines the relationship between interregional inequality and the incidence of...