Brutality of Jihadist terrorism. A contest theory perspective and empirical evidence in the period 2002-2010

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 685-696

  Caruso, Raul ^a   Schneider, Friedrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Al Qaeda; Islamist violence; Negative binomial regression; Suicide attacks; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881545128     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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