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Transnational Terrorism as a Spillover of Domestic Disputes in Other Countries

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  • Mansoob Murshed

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This paper models transnational terrorism as a three-way strategic interaction involving a government that faces armed opposition at home, which may spill over in the form of acts of terrorism by the state's opponents against the government's external sponsor. The external sponsor also utilizes deterrence against potential terrorists, which only lowers terrorism if terrorists are not intrinsically motivated by a deep-seated sense of humiliation. A rise in the external power's preference for deterrence against terrorism may backfire in these circumstances.

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  • Tony Addison & Mansoob Murshed, 2002. "Transnational Terrorism as a Spillover of Domestic Disputes in Other Countries," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2002-120, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    Keywords

    Conflict management; Game theory; Social conflict; War;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government

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