International Terrorism, Domestic Political Instability, and the Escalation Effect

verfasst von

Nauro F. Campos, Martin Gassebner

Abstract

What are the main causes of international terrorism? Despite the meticulous examination of various candidate explanations, existing estimates still diverge in sign, size, and significance. This article puts forward a novel explanation and supporting evidence. We argue that domestic political instability provides the learning environment needed to successfully execute international terror attacks. Using a yearly panel of 123 countries over 1973-2003, we find that the occurrence of civil wars increases fatalities and the number of international terrorist acts by 45%. These results hold for alternative indicators of political instability, estimators, subsamples, subperiods, and accounting for competing explanations.

Externe Organisation(en)

Brunel University
ETH Zürich

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Economics and Politics

Band

25

Seiten

27-47

Anzahl der Seiten

21

ISSN

0954-1985

Publikationsdatum

03.2013

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 16 – Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und starke Institutionen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12002 (Zugang: Geschlossen)