Terror and social cohesion

Hannah Bauer and Günther Schulze

Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 221, issue C

Abstract: We analyze the effect of the Islamist terror attack in Strasbourg, France, on December 11, 2018, on social trust and attitudes towards immigration by comparing responses in the European Social Survey, before and after the attack. We find that, while the overall effects are mild, there is a strong divergence in attitudinal changes between supporters of the left, the center, and the right in a country that is deeply politically divided.

Keywords: Terrorism; Social cohesion; Trust; Immigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 H56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110922

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