Foreign aid as counterterrorism policy

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-447

  Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu ^a   Sandler, Todd ^b   Younas, Javed ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT AID; INTERNATIONAL AID; MODEL TEST; NATIONAL SECURITY; SECURITY THREAT; TERRORISM;

EID: 79957658809     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpq030     Document Type: Article

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