Are Lives a Substitute for Livelihoods? Terrorism, Security, and US Bilateral Imports
Daniel Mirza
(1, 2)
,
Thierry Verdier
(3, 4, 5)
Daniel Mirza
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- ORCID : 0000-0002-0685-2939
Thierry Verdier
- Fonction : Auteur
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Résumé
In this article, we assess the impact of counterterrorism measures on trade. Our work brings three value addition to the literature: (1) it develops a simple theory to emphasize the endogeneity between terrorism acts, counterterrorism measures, and trade; (2) it delivers an original strategy to identify empirically the effect of counterterrorism security measures on trade flows (using third country incidents); and (3) it uses a new data set on business visas issued by the United States to test further the hypothesis that terrorism is affecting trade through the security channel. Our results suggest that counterterrorism security measures matter for US imports. The level of the impact is up to three times higher when the acts result in a relatively high number of victims, when the products are sensitive to shipping time, or when they ask for networks and business people mobility in order to be sold.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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Are Lives a Substitute for Livelihoods? Terrorism, Security, and US Bilateral Imports
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Résumé |
en
In this article, we assess the impact of counterterrorism measures on trade. Our work brings three value addition to the literature: (1) it develops a simple theory to emphasize the endogeneity between terrorism acts, counterterrorism measures, and trade; (2) it delivers an original strategy to identify empirically the effect of counterterrorism security measures on trade flows (using third country incidents); and (3) it uses a new data set on business visas issued by the United States to test further the hypothesis that terrorism is affecting trade through the security channel. Our results suggest that counterterrorism security measures matter for US imports. The level of the impact is up to three times higher when the acts result in a relatively high number of victims, when the products are sensitive to shipping time, or when they ask for networks and business people mobility in order to be sold.
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Auteur(s) |
Daniel Mirza
1, 2
, Thierry Verdier
3, 4, 5
1
CEPII -
Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales
( 39083 )
- 9 rue Georges Pitard - 75740 Paris Cedex 15
- France
2
GERCIE -
Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherche sur la Coopération Internationale et Européenne
( 135787 )
- France
3
CEPR -
Center for Economic Policy Research
( 143559 )
- Royaume-Uni
4
PSE -
Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 139754 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
5
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2014-09
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Volume |
58
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Numéro |
6
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Page/Identifiant |
943-975
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Domaine(s) |
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Mots-clés |
en
terrorism, trade, security
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DOI | 10.1177/0022002713487312 |
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