Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214345 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2005-31
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel
Abstract: 
Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy for discouraging terrorist attacks on iconic monuments is for the government to show a firm commitment to swift reconstruction. Using a simple game-theoretic model, we demonstrate how a credible claim to rebuild any cultural monuments destroyed discourages terrorist attacks by altering the terrorists' expectations and by increasing the government's reputation costs if they fail to rebuild.
Subjects: 
Terrorism
Culture
Monuments
Counter-terrorism
Deterrence
JEL: 
D74
H56
Z10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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