The origins of terrorism: Cross-country estimates of socio-economic determinants of terrorism

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Freytag, Andreas ^a,b   Krüger, Jens J ^c   Meierrieks, Daniel ^d   Schneider, Friedrich ^e  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Development; Negative binomial regression; Opportunity costs of violence; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955162991     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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