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The first comprehensive handbook on the economic analysis of terrorism. A fundamental reference for understanding terrorism in academia, government, and law enforcement. It combines chapters on general themes such as the economic approach to studying terrorism with focused chapters on key issues such as counterterrorism and terror organizations.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. Concepts and Organizing Principles: 1. Introduction: The Economic Approach to the Analysis of Terrorism Atin Basuchoudhary and Günther G. Schulze; 2. Terrorism: What We Know, What We Don't Know, and What We Need to Know Todd Sandler and Khusrav Gaibulloev; 3. Terrorism: A Brief History William F. Shughart II; 4. Measuring Terrorism with Event Databases Gary LaFree and Michael Becker; 5. Counting Every Body – Determining the Global Burden of Terrorism and Armed Conflict Anke Hoeffler; 6. Organizing Terrorism Jacob N. Shapiro, Margaret J. Foster and David A. Siegel; 7. Theories of Terrorism Atin Basuchoudhary and Gary M. Shiffman; Part II. Determinants of Terrorism: 8. Individual Determinants of Terrorism Claude Berrebi and Owen Engel; 9. The Economics of Suicide Terrorism and the Curious Case of Sri Lanka Mia M. Bloom; 10. Economics, Psychology and Terrorism Max Taylor; 11. Lock, Stock & Barrel Reloaded Martin Gassebner and Tobias Korn; 12. Machine Learning Approaches to Understanding Global Trends and Causal Determinants of Terrorism James T. Bang and Aniruddha Mitra; 13. Migration and Terrorism Tim Krieger; 14. The Economics of Terrorism and Social Media Kweku A. Opoku-Agyemang; 15. Religion and Terrorism: The Religious Utility Hypothesis Jean-Paul Carvalho; 16. Cost Benefit Decision-Making & Lone-Actor Terrorism Paul Gill and Zoe Marchment; Part III. Consequences of Terrorism: 17. Macroeconomic Consequences of and Economic Resilience to Terrorism Daniel Meierrieks; 18. Trade Effects of Terrorism Subhayu Bandyopadhyay and Javed Younas; 19. Terror Attacks and Threats, Wars and Stock Market Volatility in the G7 Countries: A Century of Evidence from a Time-Varying Nonparametric Panel Data Model of Geopolitical Risks Elie Bouri, Oguzhan Cepni, Rangan Gupta and Naji Jalkh; 20. Tourism Valentin Klotzbücher and Günther G. Schulze; 21. Insurance Stephen Johnson; 22. Terror and its Fiscal Consequences Benedict Clements, Sanjeev Gupta, João Tovar Jalles and Saida Khamidova; 23. Terrorism, Voting Behavior, and Political Attitudes José G. Montalvo; 24. The Complex Relationship between Democracy and Terrorism Dennis M. Foster, Benjamin A. Kleinerman and Howard Sanborn; 25. Terrorism and Social Cohesion Günther G. Schulze; Part IV. Counterterrorism: 26. The Counterterrorism Policies of Deterrence and Preemption Jingxian Chen and Kevin Siqueira; 27. Game Theoretic Models Daniel Arce; 28. Offensive Counterterrorism: Lessons from Israel Efraim Benmelech; 29. War, Terrorism and Science and Technology R. E. Burnett and Carly Philpot; 30. The Financing of Terrorism Friedrich Schneider; 31. Foreign Aid as a Counterterrorism Tool Amira Jadoon; 32. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Measures to Counter Domestic Terrorism John Mueller and Mark G. Stewart; 33. Ethics of Counterterrorism Duncan Richter; Part V. Concluding Issues: 34. When is Terrorism Successful? Peter Krause; 35. Twenty-first-Century Terrorism Eli Berman.
Zusammenfassung
The first comprehensive handbook on the economic analysis of terrorism. A fundamental reference for understanding terrorism in academia, government, and law enforcement. It combines chapters on general themes such as the economic approach to studying terrorism with focused chapters on key issues such as counterterrorism and terror organizations.
Vorwort
The book incorporates what is known in the field and the fundamental theoretical framework for current and future research.
