This overview examines critically the post-9/11 empirical literature on terrorism. Major
contributions by both economists and political scientists are included. We focus on five main …

We assess the robustness of previous findings on the determinants of terrorism. Using
extreme bound analysis, the three most comprehensive terrorism datasets, and focusing on …

This paper tests for a causal connection between media attention devoted to terrorism and
subsequent attacks. Analyzing 61,132 attack days in 201 countries produces evidence that …

This article examines the relationship between interregional inequality and the incidence of
domestic terrorism in a panel of 48 countries over the period 1990–2010. The results show …

In this article, we examine a model of terrorism that focuses on the tradeoffs facing a terrorist
organization that has two qualitatively different attack modes at its disposal. The terrorist …

This paper systematically analyzes media attention devoted to terrorist attacks worldwide
between 1998 and 2012. Several aspects are related to predicting media attention. First …

Most of the existing literature on the determinants of terrorism treats terror as a uniform
phenomenon and does not distinguish between different types of terror. We argue that terror …

This article investigates empirically whether, and in what ways, donors in the Development
Assistance Committee respond to transnational terrorist incidents and the onset of the War …

This article uses monthly data on bilateral trade in conjunction with monthly data on
terrorism events and associated fatalities to shed light on the impact of terrorism on trade …

We add to the ongoing discussion regarding the policy consequences of terrorism by
analyzing the effect of terrorism on international economic policy for a panel of 170 countries …