This work explores the cerebral structures involved in the appreciation of music. We studied
six young healthy subjects (right handed, French, without musical talent), using a high …

This introduction sets the stage for the articles collected in this special issue of Oxford
Economic Papers. It begins by introducing essential concepts including domestic terrorism …

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 …

This article investigates the impact of cultural and psychographic factors on perceptions of
travel risk, anxiety, and intentions to travel internationally. The study involved 246 Australian …

Since the mid 1960s, theorists have elaborated over two dozen different solutions to the
collection action problem. During much of this same period, students of conflict have …

Concepts of terrorism, political turmoil, and war appear unrelated to tourism. Closer
examination of their points of convergence and impacts on tourism reveals otherwise. This …

The Political Economy of Terrorism presents a widely accessible political economy
approach to the study of terrorism. It applies economic methodology–theoretical and …

While tourists are free to avoid destinations associated with risk, the consequences of
disastrous events on tourist destinations are inescapable and can be profound. Terrorism …

Using quarterly data from 1968 to 1988, we analyze the time series properties of the various
attack modes used by transnational terrorists. Combining vector autoregression and …

This article studies the various mechanisms by which democracy affects transnational
terrorism. New theoretical mechanisms are identified that either complement or encompass …