Do banking crises cause terrorism?

Thomas Gries and Daniel Meierrieks

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 119, issue 3, 321-324

Abstract: We analyze the effect of banking crises on terrorist activity for 146 countries between 1972 and 2006. We show that banking crises lead to a subsequent increase in terrorism. This effect is only relevant in less developed economies.

Keywords: Terrorism; Banking crisis; Financial crisis; Count data models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 G01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.03.009

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