An economic model of terrorism

Conflict Management and Peace Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-28

  Blomberg, S Brock ^a   Hess, Gregory D ^a,b   Weerapana, Akila ^c  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Political economy; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242785626     PISSN: 07388942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388940490433882     Document Type: Conference Paper

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