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Aktuelle Buchvorstellung

Herausgeber: Tilman Brück

The Economic Analysis of Terrorism

This book answers two important questions arising from the events of 9/11. First, how does the new global
terrorism affect the economy? And second, what contribution can economics make to the analysis of ter-
rorism? The answers to both questions are comprehensive and intriguing, suggesting that the short-term
economic costs of 9/11 are more limited than often feared. However, careful economic analysis suggests
that the fight against terrorism may impose economic costs as well, thus requiring a careful, three-way
balancing act between security, freedom and economic growth.

Economic analysis is used throughout the volume to explain the deadly calculus of terrorists and to outline
the choices available to national and global policy makers in the fight against terrorism. The emphasis
throughout the book is on combining the main economic theories on terrorism research with cutting edge
empirical evidence, presented to be both accessible and interesting to the general public and academic
and policy making audiences.

The volume contains 17 thought provoking articles and essays by leading economists from Europe and
North America, including Geoffrey Brennan, Tilman Brück, Bruno S. Frey, Dennis C. Mueller, Todd Sandler
and Friedrich Schneider. The authors are experts in all areas of economic analysis, ranging from financial
and insurance economics, industrial organisation and business economics, microeconomics, international
macroeconomics and trade, public choice and public finance to development economics.

This book represents the most thorough and systematic study of the economic of terrorism published since
9/11. It will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers with an interest in the most challeng-
ing policy issue facing the world today.

Herausgeber: Tilman Brück

Listenpreis: $120.00

ISBN: 9780415365239

gebundene Ausgabe, 272 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Das Buch ist mit finanzieller Unterstützung des Gesamtverbandes der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft
e. V. (GDV) entstanden.

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