Does terrorism work?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1459-1510

  Gould, Eric D ^a   Klor, Esteban F ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 78649804108     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2010.125.4.1459     Document Type: Article

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