Poverty, political freedom, and the roots of terrorism in developing countries: An empirical assessment

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Journal: Economics Letters

Year: 2011

Volume: 112

Issue: 2

Pages: 171-175

Authors (2)

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Lo...) Younas, Javed (American University of Sharjah)

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Abstract

We find that political freedom has a significant and non-linear effect on domestic terrorism, but has no statistically significant effect on transnational terrorism. Geography and fractionalization limit a country's ability to curb terrorism, while strong legal institutions deter terrorism.

Poverty, political freedom, and the roots of terrorism in developing countries: An empirical assessment

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