A note on the effectiveness of national anti-terrorist policies: Evidence from ETA

Conflict Management and Peace Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-46

  Gil Alana, Luís A ^a   Barros, Carlos P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Deterrence policies; Effectiveness; ETA; National terrorism; Poisson model; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849150187     PISSN: 07388942     EISSN: 15499219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0738894209352130     Document Type: Article

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