Suicide bombings and targeted killings in (counter-) terror games

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 772-792

  Jacobson, Daniel ^a   Kaplan, Edward H ^b  

^a NERA ECONOMIC CONSULTING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterterrorism; Game theory; Israeli Palestinian conflict; Operational decision making; Suicide bombings; Targeted killings; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548556248     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002707304814     Document Type: Article

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