Determinants of the demise of terrorist organizations

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 774-792

  Gaibulloev, Khusrav ^a   Sandler, Todd ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 84900853639     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4284/0038-4038-2012.269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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