The Economic Repercussions of Terrorism

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-957770-5
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 537 g

The Economic Repercussions of Terrorism offers a theoretical overview of the economics of terrorism and provides a detailed evaluation of the costs of terrorist attacks, focusing in particular on the Madrid bombings of 2004, but also including comparisons with 9/11 and the London bombings of 7/7.

Divided into three parts, Part One offers a theoretical overview of the economics of terrorism including an analysis of the roots of terrorism, terrorist financing, the economic consequences of terrorism, and the predatory war economy. Part Two provides an in-depth analysis of the direct and indirect economic costs of terrorist attacks, looking at the security and defence responses, and offering industry sector analyses. Part Three explores the 'other costs' of terrorism, such as the impact of attacks on a government's popularity, and the possibility that terrorists use 'inside information' on attacks to play the stock market.

Zielgruppe

Policy makers and analysts; government officials and researchers; academics involved in the research of terrorism, economics, security, and politics; police financial investigation units; the security services; senior police officers; police counter-terrorism units; university and force libraries; Government departments (Home Office, Treasury, MI5).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buesa, Mikel

Baumert, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Nachrichtendienste, Geheimdienste
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- I: A Theoretical Approach to the Economics of Terrorism

- 1: Aurelia Valiño, Mikel Buesa and Thomas Baumert: The Economics of Terrorism: An Overview of Theory and Applied Studies

- 2: Mikel Buesa: War and Terrorism: The Predatory War Model

- II: Assessing the Costs of Terrorism

- 3: Mikel Buesa and Javier González Gómez: The Economic Cost of 3/11

- 4: Aurelia Valiño and Joost Heijs: Security and Defence Policies in Spain After 3/11: An Economic Assessment

- 5: Aurelia Valiño: Security and Defence Policies in Europe: A Response to Islamic Terrorism

- 6: Joost Heijs and Thomas Baumert: Direct and Sectoral Impact of the 3/11 Attacks on The Economy of the Community of Madrid

- III: Other Costs Resulting from Terrorist Attacks

- 7: Thomas Baumert: The Impact of Terrorist Attacks on the Stock Markets

- 8: José García Montalvo: The Effect of the Terrorist Attacks in Madrid on the Outcome of the 2004 Spanish Congressional Election

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Mikel Buesa is Professor of Applied Economics at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and Head of the Chair of the Economics of Terrorism. He is widely published on the subject of terrorism and the economy and is president of two Spanish civic organizations devoted to promotion of intellectual and political work on counter-terrorism.

Professor Thomas Baumert is Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Valencia and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies. His research areas include the economics of terrorism, especially on the impact of terrorist attacks on financial markets.