Does government decentralization reduce domestic terror? An empirical test

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2011
Volume: 111
Issue: 3
Pages: 223-225

Authors (2)

Dreher, Axel (not in RePEc) Fischer, Justina A.V. (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Hei...)

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Abstract

Using a country panel of domestic terror attacks from 1998 to 2004, we empirically analyze the impact of government decentralization on terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces domestic terror, while political decentralization has no impact.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:111:y:2011:i:3:p:223-225
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25