Terrorist group survival: Ideology, tactics, and base of operations

Public Choice

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-463

  Blomberg, S Brock ^a   Gaibulloev, Khusrav ^b   Sandler, Todd ^c  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KIMEP UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional estimates; Panel estimates; Terrorist group survival; Terrorist groups' ideology; Terrorist tactics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053920772     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-011-9837-4     Document Type: Article

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