Arbeitspapier

Protecting Cultural Monuments Against Terrorism

Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy for discouraging terrorist attacks on iconic monuments is for the government to show a firm commitment to swift reconstruction. Using a simple game-theoretic model, we demonstrate how a credible claim to rebuild any cultural monuments destroyed discourages terrorist attacks by altering the terrorists' expectations and by increasing the government's reputation costs if they fail to rebuild.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CREMA Working Paper ; No. 2005-31

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
National Security and War
Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
Thema
Terrorism
Culture
Monuments
Counter-terrorism
Deterrence

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Frey, Bruno S.
Rohner, Dominic
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)
(wo)
Basel
(wann)
2005

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Frey, Bruno S.
  • Rohner, Dominic
  • Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)

Entstanden

  • 2005

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