The impact of the economic costs of conflict on individuals' political attitudes

Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ben Bassat, Avi ^a   Dahan, Momi ^a   Geys, Benny ^b   Klor, Esteban F ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Economic costs of conflict; Israeli Palestinian conflict; Political attitudes; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867806776     PISSN: 10792457     EISSN: 15548597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1554-8597.1256     Document Type: Article

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