Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35507 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4061
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
What are the main causes of international terrorism? The lessons from the surge of academic research that followed 9/11 remain elusive. The careful investigation of the relative roles of economic and political conditions did little to change the fact that existing econometric estimates diverge in size, sign and significance. In this paper we present a new rationale (the escalation effect) stressing domestic political instability as the main reason for international terrorism. Econometric evidence from a panel of more than 130 countries (yearly from 1968 to 2003) shows this to be a much more promising avenue for future research than the available alternatives.
Subjects: 
Terrorism
international terrorism
political instability
escalation
JEL: 
C25
D72
F59
H56
P48
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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