کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5068249 | 1476907 | 2011 | 12 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Prior research has concluded that socio-economic development does not significantly affect terrorism. We take an alternative view. First, we note that a country's socio-economic circumstances affect terrorists' behavior through terrorism's opportunity costs. We argue that this reasoning also holds for the case of supreme value terrorism. Then, we run a series of negative binomial regressions for 110 countries between 1971 and 2007 to test the hypothesis that poor socio-economic development is conducive to terrorism. We find that socio-economic variables indeed matter to terrorism, contrary to other results. Our findings imply that countries can benefit from economic development and growth in terms of a reduction in terrorism.
⺠The level of terrorist activity is influenced by its opportunity costs. ⺠These very opportunity costs are governed by (national) socio-economic conditions. ⺠A statistical analysis offers support for the expectations derived from theory. ⺠Support for popular idea that socio-economic conditions lead to terrorism.
Journal: European Journal of Political Economy - Volume 27, Supplement 1, December 2011, Pages S5-S16