Does political proximity to the US cause terror?

被引：67

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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