Terrorism, Wealth, and Delegation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12802470 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Spaniel (0000-0002-6733-385X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 147-172 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1554-0626 • E-ISSN: 1554-0634 |
| Publisher | Now Publishers (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1561/100.00017060 |
| OpenAlex | W2803420499 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 34 |
I develop a model in which a terrorist organization delegates tasks to recruits. The organization wants to assign sensitive tasks to the most reliable recruits but cannot perfectly identify commitment to the cause. In equilibrium, the organization interprets the desirability of a recruit’s opportunities in the civilian sector as a credible signal. When the recruit has attractive options available, the organization infers his commitment and gives him a sensitive task; when it is low, the organization conservatively assigns him a non-sensitive task. I then extend the model to allow for a third party to endogenously improve economic conditions among the civilian population. Despite raising the opportunity cost of terrorism, such subsidies can increase violence because they help the organization identify committed types
Criminology · Delegation · Economics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Terrorism · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Economic conditions and terrorism
Religion, terrorism and public goods
The origins of terrorism
Radical, Religious, and Violent
Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of Terrorism
Evidence about the Link Between Education, Poverty and Terrorism among Palestinians
Draining the Swamp”
Changing aid regimes? U.S. foreign aid from the Cold War to the War on Terror
Lock, stock, and barrel
The roles of foreign aid and education in the war on terror
Sacrifice and Stigma
Economic Conditions and the Quality of Suicide Terrorism
Motivating operatives for suicide missions and conventional terrorist attacks
Recruitment and Allegiance
Martyrdom Contracts
On Welfare and Terror
Foreign Aid Versus Military Intervention in the War on Terror
Underfunding in Terrorist Organizations
State Bargaining with Transnational Terrorist Groups
An Organizational Economics Theory of Antigovernment Violence
The Quality of Terror
From lynching to gay bashing
Palestinian Suicide Bombing
Rooted in Poverty
Education, Poverty and Terrorism
Transnational terrorism, US military aid, and the incentive to misrepresent
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |