Does political proximity to the US cause terror?

被引：66
作者：
Dreher, Axel [1 ,2 ]
Gassebner, Martin [1 ]
机构：
[1] ETH, KOF Swiss Econ Inst, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
[2] CESifo, D-81679 Munich, Germany
来源：
ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2008年 / 99卷 / 01期
关键词：
terrorism; UN general assembly voting; political cohesion;
D O I：
10.1016/j.econlet.2007.05.020
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
We analyze the impact of political proximity to the United States on the occurrence and severity of terror. Employing panel data for 116 countries over the period 1975-2001 we find that countries voting in line with the U.S. are victims of more and deadlier attacks. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数：3
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