The origins of terrorism: Cross-country estimates of socio-economic determinants of terrorism

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dc.contributor.authorFreytag A.
dc.contributor.authorKruger J.J.
dc.contributor.authorMeierrieks D.
dc.contributor.authorSchneider F.
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-13T16:59:38Z
dc.date.available2011-10-13T16:59:38Z
dc.date.issued2011-10-13
dc.description.abstractPrior research has concluded that socio-economic development does not significantly affect terrorism. We take an alternative view. First, we note that a country's socio-economic circumstances affect terrorists' behavior through terrorism's opportunity costs. We argue that this reasoning also holds for the case of supreme value terrorism. Then, we run a series of negative binomial regressions for 110 countries between 1971 and 2007 to test the hypothesis that poor socio-economic development is conducive to terrorism. We find that socio-economic variables indeed matter to terrorism, contrary to other results. Our findings imply that countries can benefit from economic development and growth in terms of a reduction in terrorism. © 2011.
dc.description.versionArticle in Press
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Political Economy
dc.identifier.citationhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960615370&partnerID=40&md5=ec93ac3101dfdb8aa4f19c16f422b9af
dc.identifier.issn1762680
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2011.06.009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17183
dc.titleThe origins of terrorism: Cross-country estimates of socio-economic determinants of terrorism
dc.typeArticle in Press
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