Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204668 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
ILE Working Paper Series No. 27
Publisher: 
University of Hamburg, Institute of Law and Economics (ILE), Hamburg
Abstract: 
The Middle East is the most terror-prone region of the world. It is almost exclusively governed by autocratic regimes that often explicitly refer to Islam to justify some of their policies. In this paper, we analyse government reactions to terrorist events in the states that are members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. We find that the respective emergency constitutions, despite the political characteristics of the region, do channel their behaviour. Emergency constitutions that make it relatively cheap for governments to declare a state of emergency are more likely to lead to such declarations. Our evidence thus suggests that emergency constitutions also impact on the behaviour of largely autocratic governments.
Subjects: 
terrorism
state of emergency
constitutional emergency provisions
institutions
positive constitutional economics
Middle East
Organization of Islamic Cooperation
JEL: 
K40
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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