Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: The trends and consequences of terrorist activities are often captured by counting the number of incidents and casualties. More recently, the effects of terrorist acts on various aspects of the economy have been analyzed. These costs are surveyed and put in perspective. As economic consequences are only a part of the overall costs of terrorism, possible approaches for estimating the utility losses of the people affected are discussed. Results using the life satisfaction approach, in which individual utility is approximated by self‐reported subjective well‐being, suggest that people's utility losses may far exceed the purely economic consequences.
Source: Journal of Economic Surveys
Authors: Bruno S. Frey, Simon Luechinger, Alois Stutzer
Institutions: University of Zurich, University of Basel
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2168676486