Stopping suicide attacks optimal strategies and unintended consequences

"Governments fighting terrorists have many tactical options, yet these options often yield unintended and counterproductive consequences. This paper models a terrorist organization, a religious group from which the terrorists recruit suicide bombers, and the society in which the terrorists are...

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1. Verfasser: McBride, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Richardson, Gary (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. 2010
Schriftenreihe:NBER working paper series 16637
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Zusammenfassung:"Governments fighting terrorists have many tactical options, yet these options often yield unintended and counterproductive consequences. This paper models a terrorist organization, a religious group from which the terrorists recruit suicide bombers, and the society in which the terrorists are embedded. The model illuminates how the choice of anti-insurgent tactics influences the incidence of attacks, paying particular attention to the direct and indirect (unintended) consequences of the government's actions. The ultimate goal of this work is to identify the best way to stop terrorist attacks"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site
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