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Comparing the Determinants of Concern about Terrorism and Crime

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  • Tilman Brück
  • Cathérine Müller

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Both crime and terrorism impose costs onto society through the channels of fear and worry. Identifying and targeting groups which are especially affected by worries might be one way to reduce the total costs of these two types of insecurity. However, compared to the drivers of the fear of crime, the determinants of concerns regarding global terrorism are less well known. Using nationally representative survey data, we analyse and compare the individual determinants of concern about global terrorism and crime, and show that worries about terrorism are driven by similar determinants as those about crime, which could have important policy implications. We furthermore provide an insight into the structure of the determinants of concerns regarding other public and private goods.

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  • Tilman Brück & Cathérine Müller, 2009. "Comparing the Determinants of Concern about Terrorism and Crime," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 904, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp904
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    2. Tilman Br�ck & Patricia Justino & Philip Verwimp & Andrew Tedesco & Alexandra Avdeenko, 2013. "Measuring Conflict Exposure in Micro-Level Surveys," HiCN Working Papers 153, Households in Conflict Network.
    3. Saïd Souam & Mohamed Mehdi Aït-Hamlat, 2025. "The crime-terrorism nexus and population involvement. A theoretical analysis," EconomiX Working Papers 2025-33, University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX.

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    • H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • F52 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - National Security; Economic Nationalism

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