Heesun Yoo
Biographic Data
| ID | 5843403 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heesun Yoo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heesun |
| FAMILY NAME | Yoo |
| SIGNATURE | YOO H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emory University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3974-9345 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Terrorism Works, for its Supporters
Empirical studies have shown that terrorists’ policy goals are rarely achieved, leading some to conclude that terrorism doesn’t work. We theorize that terrorism can work, but for its supporters rather than for the terrorists themselves. Because supporters are willing to contribute resources to a terrorist organization, thereby increasing the organization’s ability to launch attacks, this can coerce the targeted government to revise its policies i…
Does “green gold” breed bloody violence? The effect of export shocks on criminal violence in Mexico
Objective Do positive export shocks fuel or dampen criminal violence? The predation mechanism predicts that increasing export revenue generates a larger contested resource, and it prompts more violence by increasing the expected benefit of expropriation. The opportunity cost mechanism instead argues that an increase in exports may deter individuals from engaging in criminal activity, as it drives up labor demand and wages in the formal labor mark…
Does “green gold” breed bloody violence? The effect of export shocks on criminal violence in Mexico
Objective Do positive export shocks fuel or dampen criminal violence? The predation mechanism predicts that increasing export revenue generates a larger contested resource, and it prompts more violence by increasing the expected benefit of expropriation. The opportunity cost mechanism instead argues that an increase in exports may deter individuals from engaging in criminal activity, as it drives up labor demand and wages in the formal labor mark…
Does “green gold” breed bloody violence? The effect of export shocks on criminal violence in Mexico
Objective Do positive export shocks fuel or dampen criminal violence? The predation mechanism predicts that increasing export revenue generates a larger contested resource, and it prompts more violence by increasing the expected benefit of expropriation. The opportunity cost mechanism instead argues that an increase in exports may deter individuals from engaging in criminal activity, as it drives up labor demand and wages in the formal labor mark…
Terrorism Works, for its Supporters
Empirical studies have shown that terrorists’ policy goals are rarely achieved, leading some to conclude that terrorism doesn’t work. We theorize that terrorism can work, but for its supporters rather than for the terrorists themselves. Because supporters are willing to contribute resources to a terrorist organization, thereby increasing the organization’s ability to launch attacks, this can coerce the targeted government to revise its policies i…
Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Context (archaeology) (1 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (1 works) · Criminology (1 works) · Demographic economics (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Endogeneity (1 works) · Geography (1 works) · Homicide (1 works) · Injury prevention (1 works)