Regional effects of terrorism on economic growth in Turkey: A geographically weighted regression approach

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 477-489

  Öcal, Nadir ^a   Yildirim, Jülide ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Convergence; Geographically weighted regression; Terrorism; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954842832     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343310364576     Document Type: Article

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