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Terrorism, Trade, and Welfare

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  • Subhayu Bandyopadhyay
  • Todd Sandler
  • Javed Younas

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For a standard competitive trade model, the authors show that the incidence of terrorism in different nations can affect the pattern of trade. Nations with a greater incidence of terrorism will export goods that are more immune to terrorism-related disruptions, while importing more terrorism-impacted goods. In addition, terrorism can be welfare augmenting for some nations because of terms-of-trade externalities. Finally, the authors present some qualitative conditions that identify when a nation?s trade volume may rise (or fall) in response to a greater incidence of terrorism. Given the differential impact across nations, these trade and welfare results point to potential difficulties in international coordination of counterterrorism policy.

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  • Subhayu Bandyopadhyay & Todd Sandler & Javed Younas, 2017. "Terrorism, Trade, and Welfare," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, vol. 99(3), pages 295-306.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedlrv:00086
    DOI: 10.20955/r.2017.295-306
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    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • F52 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - National Security; Economic Nationalism
    • F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade

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