Decentralization as a Disincentive for Transnational Terror? An Empirical Test

31 Pages Posted: 11 Mar 2008 Last revised: 4 Jun 2008

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Axel Dreher

Heidelberg University

Justina A. V. Fischer

Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD); Stockholm School of Economics; University of Hohenheim

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Date Written: March 2008

Abstract

Using panel data for a maximum of 109 countries over the years 1976-2000, we empirically analyze the impact of decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Taking account of the potential simultaneity between terror and decentralization, our results show that expenditure decentralization robustly reduces the number of terror events in a country, while political decentralization has no impact.

Keywords: Terrorism, Decentralization, Democracy

JEL Classification: D74, H70, H40

Suggested Citation

Dreher, Axel and Fischer, Justina A.V., Decentralization as a Disincentive for Transnational Terror? An Empirical Test (March 2008). U. of St. Gallen Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2008-05, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1103817 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1103817

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