Does Terrorism Demoralize? Evidence from Israel

Economica

Volumn 79, Issue 313, 2012, Pages 183-198

  Romanov, Dmitri ^a   Zussman, Asaf ^b   Zussman, Noam ^c  

^a International Relations and Statistical Coordination Department   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c The Bank of Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; PSYCHOLOGY; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; WELFARE IMPACT;

ISRAEL;

EID: 83455217970     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2010.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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