The Threat of Terrorism: The Perspective of a Policy-Maker

Cathérine Müller and Joppe de Ree

No 3, Economics of Security Working Paper Series from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: This note defines and analyzes the most important issues concerning decisionmaking about human-induced insecurities such as terrorism and organized crime from the perspective of a policymaker. By means of modeling the policymakers trade-o_ between the e_ectiveness and costs of policy measures targeted at reducing the threat of terrorism, we aim at helping to understand the role economic research can take to enable e_cient decisionmaking in the context of human-induced insecurities in general and terrorism in particular.

Pages: 17 p.
Date: 2009
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