The common-interest game between terrorists and the media: replication and extension

Youssef Akil () and Hendrik Sonnabend ()
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Youssef Akil: University of Hamburg
Hendrik Sonnabend: University of Hagen

Empirical Economics, 2021, vol. 60, issue 3, No 20, 1593-1606

Abstract: Abstract The findings of Rohner and Frey (Public Choice 133(1–2):129–145, 2007) suggest a positive Granger causality between media attention and terrorist attacks. We replicate and extend the empirical part of their study. Besides more periods which allow the circumventing of any possible far-reaching 9/11 effects, we add data from Fox News and use impulse response functions to analyse the persistence and magnitude of the effects. On the whole, we cannot confirm that there is a robust mutual Granger causal relationship between the media coverage and terrorism.

Keywords: Media attention; Terrorism; Conflict; Granger causality; Impulse response (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 D74 Z29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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