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ID053760
Title ProperDeterminants of Terrorism in the Muslim World : An empirical cross-sectional analysis.
LanguageENG
AuthorTestas, Abdelaziz
PublicationSummer 2004.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article tries to quantify empirically the factors behind terrorism in 37 Muslim countries. In the article’s most complete model, regressors include education attainment, political repression, income (GDP per capita), and a dummy for civil wars. We find education to be a positive determinant of terrorism— i.e., higher education levels give rise to more transnational terrorism in sample countries, low and high repression are a positive determinant of terrorism, so that a nonlinear relation (U-shaped) holds. The civil war dummy is also a positive influence. The income variable is a negative determinant of terrorism, but is either marginally significant or insignificant.
`In' analytical NoteTerrorism and Political Violence Vol. 16, No. 2; Summer 2004: p253-273
Journal SourceTerrorism and Political Violence Vol: 16 No 2
Key WordsTerrorism ;  Terrorism-Muslim World ;  Islamic Terrorism ;  Determinant


 
 
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