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Estimating The Macroeconomic Consequence Of 9/11, S. Brock Blomberg, Gregory Hess
Estimating The Macroeconomic Consequence Of 9/11, S. Brock Blomberg, Gregory Hess
CMC Faculty Publications and Research
We perform an empirical investigation to estimate the macroeconomic cost of September 11 attacks on the United States economy. We estimate the impact of the attacks to be approximately a 0.50 percentage point decrease in GDP growth or $60 billion. Our upper bound estimate of the impact of September 11 is approximately twice that or $125 billion.
Book Chapter: The Lexus And The Olive Branch: Globalization, Democratization And Terrorism, Gregory Hess, S. Brock Blomberg
Book Chapter: The Lexus And The Olive Branch: Globalization, Democratization And Terrorism, Gregory Hess, S. Brock Blomberg
CMC Faculty Publications and Research
This chapter provides an original study into how democratization and globalization influence terrorism, examining the motives of terrorists and how democratic institutions and international integration influence nonstate economic actors.
How Much Does Violence Tax Trade?, S. Brock Blomberg, Gregory Hess
How Much Does Violence Tax Trade?, S. Brock Blomberg, Gregory Hess
CMC Faculty Publications and Research
We investigate the empirical effect of violence, as compared to other trade impediments, on trade flows. Our analysis is based on a panel data set with annual observations on 177 countries from 1968 to 1999, which brings together information from the Rose data set, the iterate data set for terrorist events, and data sets of external and internal conflict. We explore these data with traditional and theoretical gravity models. We calculate that, for a given country year, the presence of terrorism together with internal and external conflict is equivalent to as much as a 30% tariff on trade. This is …
Suicide Bombers, Soft Targets And Appropriate Countermeasures, Robert J. Bunker
Suicide Bombers, Soft Targets And Appropriate Countermeasures, Robert J. Bunker
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
Suicide bombings are receiving increased public attention now that they are taking place on an almost every other day basis against American and allied forces in the stability and support operation (SASO) environment of post-Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Iraq. In November-December 2004 alone some 27 suicide bombings took place.
Terrorism, Since 1945, Robert J. Bunker
Terrorism, Since 1945, Robert J. Bunker
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
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Terrorist Laser Employment Against Civil Aviation: Issues, Concerns, And Potential Incidents, Robert J. Bunker
Terrorist Laser Employment Against Civil Aviation: Issues, Concerns, And Potential Incidents, Robert J. Bunker
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
This article explores civil aviation vulnerability to terrorist laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) employment by focusing on the laser as a weapon against aircraft, laser classes and accessibility, past patterns of laser illumination and lasing of aircraft, recent lasing of aircraft in the Los Angeles area, and future possibilities. Most importantly, this article provides transit policing professionals with an "early warning" concerning a new threat to civil aviation which may have now developed.
Technology And Transit Terrorism: Trends And Possibilities, Robert J. Bunker
Technology And Transit Terrorism: Trends And Possibilities, Robert J. Bunker
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
Given this new reality, projecting trends and possibilities of technology employment in transit terrorism appears prudent. Towards this end, this article look at how terrorism is changing the specific transit facility/system target sets that can be attacked, and current technology employment in transit terrorism. Based on this analysis, projections concerning trends and possibilities of technology employment in transit terrorism are made.