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Bove, Vincenzo and Bohmelt, Tobias (2016) Does immigration induce terrorism? The Journal of Politics, 78 (2). pp. 572-588. doi:10.1086/684679 ISSN 0022-3816.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/684679
Abstract
There is a heated debate on whether immigration is associated with domestic and transnational terrorism. As of yet, however, we lacked rigorous evidence that could inform this debate. As a contribution to address this shortcoming, we report spatial-econometric analyses of migrant inflows and the number of terrorist attacks in 145 countries between 1970 and 2000. The results suggest that migrants stemming from terrorist-prone states moving to another country are indeed an important vehicle through which terrorism does diffuse. Having said that, the findings also highlight that migrant inflows per se actually lead to a lower level of terrorist attacks. This research significantly improves our understanding of international and domestic terrorism and has critical implications for the scholastic approach to terrorism, as well as for countries’ immigration policies worldwide.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JZ International relations | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects, Terrorism | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Journal of Politics | ||||||||
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0022-3816 | ||||||||
Official Date: | April 2016 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 78 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 572-588 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1086/684679 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 February 2016 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 11 February 2017 |
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