The short- and long-run relationship between the illicit drug business and terrorism

被引:5
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作者
Meierrieks, Daniel [1 ]
Schneider, Friedrich [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Freiburg, Wilhelmsstr 1b, D-79098 Freiburg, Germany
[2] Univ Linz, Linz, Austria
关键词
Terrorism; illicit drugs; crime-terror nexus; conflict; D74; F59; TRADE;
D O I
10.1080/13504851.2016.1150942
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We study the effect of the illicit drug business on terrorism for a sample of 58 countries for the 1984-2007 period. Consistent with the notion of a crime-terror nexus, we find that in the long run, higher drug prices are associated with more terrorism. In the short run, however, increases in drug prices lead to less terrorism, potentially because terrorist groups respond to higher drug business attractiveness by prioritizing criminal over terrorist activity.
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页码:1274 / 1277
页数:4
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