Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18705 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1341
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
The trends and consequences of terrorist activities are often captured by counting the number of incidents and casualties. More recently, the effects of terrorist acts on various aspects of the economy have been analyzed. These costs are surveyed and put in perspective. As economic consequences are only a part of the overall costs of terrorism, possible approaches for estimating the utility losses of the people affected are discussed. Results using the life satisfaction approach, in which individual utility is approximated by self-reported subjective well-being, suggest that people's utility losses may far exceed the purely economic consequences.
Subjects: 
terrorism
subjective well-being
life satisfaction
utility loss
JEL: 
I31
H56
D74
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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