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Aid and the Delegated Fight Against Terrorism

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: A positive empirical relationship is found between the level of foreign aid received by a country and the number of terrorist attacks originating from it. A simple model is used to explain it, where the donor delegates some actions against terrorism to the aid‐recipient government. Aid is endogenous in an econometric equation explaining participation in terrorist events, as expected from the model, and an attacks‐supply curve in which aid has a negative impact is presented at the end.

Source: Review of Development Economics

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2006.00321.x

Authors: Jean‐Paul Azam, Alexandra Delacroix

Institutions: Institut Universitaire de France, Institut d'Économie Industrielle, Université de Toulouse

Language: English

Topic: Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Partnerships for the goals

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: European Commission