Galton's problem and contagion in international terrorism along civilizational lines

Conflict Management and Peace Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 308-325

  Neumayer, Eric ^a   Plümper, Thomas ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clash of civilizations; diffusion; model specification; spatial; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956470616     PISSN: 07388942     EISSN: 15499219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0738894210374397     Document Type: Article

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