Risk and economic costs of a terrorist attack on the electric system

The Economic Costs and Consequences of Terrorism

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 273-290

  Zimmerman, Rae ^a   Restrepo, Carlos E ^a   Simonoff, Jeffrey S ^a   Lave, Lester B ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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