A Novel Explanation of the Power-Law Form of the Frequency of Severe Terrorist Events: Reply to Saperstein

Clauset Aaron (), Young Maxwell () and Gleditsch Kristian Skrede ()
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Clauset Aaron: University of Colorado at Boulder
Young Maxwell: University of Waterloo
Gleditsch Kristian Skrede: University of Essex

Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 2010, vol. 16, issue 1, 7

Abstract: Saperstein (2010) discusses recent work on the striking empirical observation that the frequency and severity of terrorist attacks follows a power-law relationship — a pattern noted for wars by Richardson (1948, 1960) more than 50 years ago. We are pleased with Saperstein's interest in our work. We do, however, feel obliged to correct a few small mistakes in his commentary and would like to take this opportunity to make several more general remarks about research in this area.

Keywords: terrorism; power laws; frequency; severity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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