Peter J Phillips

The Economics of Terrorism

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Produktbeschreibung

The Economics of Terrorism brings clarity through economic analysis of terrorism and terrorist behaviour with focus on terrorist brutality. The author, an established academic expert, explores economic concepts, including expected utility theory and prospect theory, and applies them to problems that are important in the context of contemporary global terrorism, especially the brutality that so starkly characterises it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781138121911
• ISBN-10: 1138121916
• Artikelnr.: 43752436

Autorenporträt

Peter J. Phillips is Associate Professor (Finance) at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He is the author of In Pursuit of the Lone Wolf Terrorist. His published articles apply economic analysis to the study of terrorism, and his recent journal contributions include 'Lone Wolf Terrorism' and 'Prospect Theory and Terrorist Choice' (with Gabriela Pohl).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Contemporary Terrorism and Brutality 2. Terrorism Perpetrated by
Individuals 3. Terrorist Group Brutality and the Emergence of Islamic State
4. Financing Brutality: The Rotten Kid Theorem 5. Terrorist Financing:
Portfolios of fundraising and transfer methods 6. Attack Methods: How the
terrorist chooses 7. Imitating the Brutality of Others 8. The Path towards
Terrorism: Prudence and time delay 9. Where Will the Terrorist Attack? 10.
Prospect Theory and Geographic Profiling 11. Terrorism Perpetrated by
Females 12. Brutality and Survival 13. Terrorism Defines the Terrorist,
Brutality Defines Terrorism