Most aid spending by governments seeking to rebuild social and political order is based on
an opportunity-cost theory of distracting potential recruits. The logic is that gainfully …

We provide a review of theoretical and empirical contributions on the economic analysis of
terrorism and counterterrorism. We argue that simple rational‐choice models of terrorist …

This overview examines critically the post-9/11 empirical literature on terrorism. Major
contributions by both economists and political scientists are included. We focus on five main …

How does the threat of becoming a victim of terrorism affect voting behavior? Localities in
southern Israel have been exposed to rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip since 2001. Relying …

Can civilians caught in civil wars reward and punish armed actors for their behavior? If so,
do armed actors reap strategic benefits from treating civilians well and pay for treating them …

Rational choice approaches to reducing terrorist violence would suggest raising the costs of
terrorism through punishment, thereby reducing the overall expected utility of terrorism. In …

How do different types of motivation influence the politics of collective action? We study a
model of endogenous rebellion and repression to understand how different types of …

I examine how anger stemming from violence in the I srael‐Palestine conflict influences
intragroup retaliation. In J uly 2010 I conducted a series of experiments in two cities in the …

This paper examines how violence influences the political preferences of an aggrieved
constituency that is purportedly represented by militant factions. Using longitudinal public …

We pose the commensurability problem: When do the estimates generated by actual
research designs correspond to quantities of theoretical interest? We study this question in …