Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/319245 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] Eastern Economic Journal [ISSN:] 1939-4632 [Volume:] 51 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Palgrave Macmillan [Place:] London [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 50-73
Publisher: 
Palgrave Macmillan, London
Abstract: 
The events of 9/11 not only caused anger and fear among citizens the world over, but also led to counterterrorist legislation (CTL) in many countries. This paper identifies the most important determinants of passing CTL and the effects of such legislation on the likelihood of future terrorist attacks and on civil liberties. We particularly focus on the interplay between constitutionalized emergency provisions and CTL. We find that constitutional emergency provisions seem unrelated to CTL. It is not newly passed CTL, which drives civil liberties down, but, rather, the terrorist attacks themselves and the immediate and unmediated government responses to them.
Subjects: 
Terrorism
Counterterrorist legislation
State of emergency
Constitutional emergency provisions
JEL: 
K40
Z13
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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