| ID | 106124 |
| Title Proper | Separatist terrorism and the economic conditions in south-eastern Turkey |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Derin-Gure, Pinar |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper investigates the economic roots of separatist terrorism in Turkey. The political conventional wisdom is that poverty in highly Kurdish-populated, south-eastern Turkey is one of the most important causes of separatist terrorism and Turkish-Kurdish conflict in Turkey. Therefore, many economic policies have been implemented to improve the economic conditions in the south-eastern part of the country. Using the Global Terrorism Database and Vector Autoregression (VAR) methodology, I find that there is no causal relationship between economic conditions in south-eastern Turkey and separatist terrorism. Therefore policy-makers should be cautious in using economic measures to prevent separatist terrorism in Turkey. |
| `In' analytical Note | Defence and Peace Economics Vol. 22, No. 4; Aug 2011: p.393-407 |
| Journal Source | Defence and Peace Economics Vol. 22, No. 4; Aug 2011: p.393-407 |
| Key Words | Economics of Terrorism ; Count Data ; Separatist Terrorism |