Calculating tragedy: Assessing the costs of terrorism

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-24

  Frey, Bruno S ^a   Luechinger, Simon ^a   Stutzer, Alois ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Life satisfaction; National income; Saving sand consumption; Stock market; Subjective well being; Terrorism; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; STOCK MARKET; TERRORISM;

EID: 33846675582     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2007.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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