In vaccines we trust? The effects of the CIA's vaccine ruse on immunization in Pakistan

M Martinez-Bravo, A Stegmann - Journal of the European …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In July 2011, the Pakistani public learnt that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
had used a vaccination campaign as cover to capture Osama Bin Laden. The Taliban …

Organized crime, violence and support for the state

GM Campedelli, G Daniele, AFM Martinangeli… - Journal of Public …, 2023 - Elsevier
Citizens' support is crucial to effectively combat organized crime, a substantial threat to many
countries. Contrary to prior studies identifying a negative correlation between crime and trust …

[PDF][PDF] The Political Economy of Religious Spending

L Vitale, M Pulejo - 2024 - repec.unibocconi.it
Religious institutions are major providers of public goods, with investments that can affect
public policy and political competition. But is religious spending driven by political …

The Political Economy of Religious Spending

M Pulejo, L Vitale - Available at SSRN, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Religious institutions are major providers of public goods, with investments that can affect
public policy and political competition. But is religious spending driven by political …

[PDF][PDF] Money from Afar: Analyzing the Link between Remittances and Terrorism

R Mahmood - Available at SSRN 4964834, 2024 - monash.edu
Despite the popular rhetoric around remittances and money transfers from abroad being a
convenient source of terrorism financing and the resulting imposition of an array of financial …

Sectarian aid, sanctions and subnational development

CE Arbatli, D Gomtsyan - European Economic Review, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Hezbollah, a Shia Islamist political party and militant group based in Lebanon, is
believed to receive a significant amount of informal funding from Iran. In this paper, we …

Natural Disasters and National Election: On the 2004 Indian Ocean Boxing Day Tsunami, the 2005 Storm Gudrun and the 2006 Historic Regime Shift

LM Eriksson - 2017 - diva-portal.org
Natural Disasters and National Election Page 1 ACTA UNIVERSITATIS UPSALIENSIS
UPPSALA 2017 Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty …

[图书][B] Is it the Rags Or the Riches?: The Impact of Income on Domestic Terrorism

R Mahmood - 2023 - nyuad.nyu.edu
Despite the popular rhetoric around poverty being the root cause of terrorism and the
resulting alliance between the war on terror and the war on poverty, the literature remains …

Politics, Religion and the Evolution of the Welfare State

M Fourati, G Gratton, F Masera - The Economics Of Religion, 2023 - World Scientific
Many religious organizations supply goods and services that substitute for the modern
welfare state. We review a burgeoning literature on the popular support for these …

[PDF][PDF] Warwick Economics Research Papers

M Martinez-Bravo, A Stegmann - wrap.warwick.ac.uk
Abstract In July 2011, the Pakistani public learnt that the CIA had used a vaccination
campaign as cover to capture Osama Bin Laden. The Taliban leveraged on this information …