Terrorism against American citizens in Africa: Related to poverty?

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-69

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a   Faria, João Ricardo ^b   Gil Alana, Luis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Long memory; Persistence; Poverty; Terrorism; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849092387     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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