Fighting terrorism in Africa when existing terrorism levels matter

Arbeitspapier

This study examines policy tools in the fight against terrorism when existing levels of terrorism matter in 53 African countries for the period 1998-2012. The empirical evidence is based on contemporary, non-contemporary and Instrumental Variable Quantile regressions (QR) which enable the investigation throughout the conditional distributions of domestic, transnational and total terrorism dynamics. The following findings are established. First, counterterrorism policy instruments of inclusive human development and military expenditure further fuel terrorim. Second, political stability negatively affects terrorism with a negative threshold effect. Political stability estimates are consistently significant with increasing negative magnitudes throughout the conditional distributions of domestic and total terrorism. Policy implications are discussed.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/19/084

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection ; Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions ; International Policy Coordination and Transmission ; Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance ; Technological Change: Government Policy
• Thema: Terrorism ; Inclusive development ; Political stability ; Military expenditure ; Africa

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Asongu, Simplice ; Tchamyou, Vanessa ; Asongu, Ndemaze ; Tchamyou, Nina P.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
• (wo): Yaoundé
• (wann): 2019

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/227962
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ