Suicide Attacks and Religious Cleavages

Andra Filote (), Niklas Potrafke and Heinrich Ursprung
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Andra Filote: Department of Economics, University of Konstanz, Germany

No 2015-01, Working Paper Series of the Department of Economics, University of Konstanz from Department of Economics, University of Konstanz

Abstract: Many experts claim that the incidence of suicide attacks is driven by religious cleavages. To test this hypothesis, we investigate whether the total number of suicide attacks per violent conflict or the annual number of suicide attacks per country is associated with simmering religious conflicts. We distinguish between two kinds of religious cleavages: cleavages at the macro level between the stake holders in violent conflicts and cleavages at the micro or battle field level between the actual perpetrators and victims of suicide attacks. Our results do not indicate that religious cleavages are an important precondition for the incidence of suicide attacks.

Keywords: suicide terrorism; religion; religious cleavages; club goods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 F51 H56 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2015-01-12
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