Publications
Publications in Peer Review Journals
Terrorism and Conflict
Bribes and bombs: The effect of corruption on terrorism. Forthcoming. American Political Science Review. (with D. Auer)
Paying them to hate US: The effect of US military aid on anti-American terrorism, 1968–2018. Forthcoming. Economic Journal. (with E. Dimant and T. Krieger)
Terrorism and child mortality. 2024. Health Economics 33(1), pp.21-40. (with M. Schaub)
Terrorism and immigration policy preferences. 2023. Defence and Peace Economics 34(5), pp.646-659. (with M. Helbling and S. Pardos-Prado)
Islamist terrorism and the status of women. 2023. European Journal of Political Economy 78, 102364. (with L. Renner)
Class warfare: Political exclusion of the poor and the roots of social-revolutionary terrorism, 1860-1950. 2021. Defence and Peace Economics 32(6), pp.681-697. (with V. Klotzbücher and T. Krieger)
Terrorism and international economic policy. 2021. European Journal of Political Economy 69, 102011. (with F. Schneider)
Merchants of death: Arms imports and terrorism. 2021. European Economic Review 137, 103813. (with D. Auer)
Transnational terrorism and restrictive immigration policies. 2020. Journal of Peace Research 57(4), pp.564-580. (with M. Helbling)
"Pay for it heavily": Does U.S. support for Israel lead to anti-American terrorism? 2020. Defence and Peace Economics 31(2), pp.160-176. (with T. Gries)
Income inequality, redistribution and domestic terrorism. 2019. World Development 116(4), pp.125-136. (with T. Krieger)
Does terrorism reduce life satisfaction? 2017. Applied Economics Letters 24(13), pp.893-896. (with M.R. Farzanegan and T. Krieger).
Heterogeneous terrorism: Determinants of left-wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism in Western Europe. 2016. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 22(4), pp.393-401. (with S. Brockhoff and T. Krieger)
Land grabbing and ethnic conflict. 2016. Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics 33(3), pp.243-260. (with T. Krieger)
The short- and long-run relationship between the illicit drug business and terrorism. 2016. Applied Economics Letters 23(18), pp.1274-1277. (with F. Schneider)
Great expectations and hard times: The (nontrivial) impact of education on domestic terrorism. 2015. Journal of Conflict Resolution 59(7), pp.1186-1215. (with S. Brockhoff and T. Krieger)
The economics of counter-terrorism: A survey. 2015. Journal of Economic Surveys 29(1), pp.131-157. (with F. Schneider and T. Brück)
The rise of capitalism and the roots of anti-American terrorism. 2015. Journal of Peace Research 52(1), pp.46-61. (with T. Krieger)
Oppressive governments, dependence on the USA, and anti-American terrorism. 2015. Oxford Economic Papers 67(1), pp. 83-103. (with T. Gries and M. Redlin).
Do banking crises cause terrorism? 2013. Economics Letters 119(3), pp.321-324. (with T. Gries)
Causality between terrorism and economic growth. 2013. Journal of Peace Research 50(1), pp.91-104. (with T. Gries)
Rooted in urban poverty? Failed modernization and terrorism. 2012. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 18(3), pp.1-9.
Economic performance and terrorist activity in Latin America. 2012. Defence and Peace Economics 23(5), pp.447-470. (with T. Gries)
Causal linkages between domestic terrorism and economic growth. 2011. Defense and Peace Economics 22(5), pp.493-508. (with (with T. Gries and T. Krieger)
What causes terrorism? 2011. Public Choice 147(1-2), pp.3-27. (with T. Krieger)
The origins of terrorism: Cross-country estimates of socio-economic determinants of terrorism. 2011. European Journal of Political Economy 27(1), pp.5-16. (with A. Freytag, J.J. Krüger and F. Schneider)
Terrorism in the worlds of welfare capitalism. 2010. Journal of Conflict Resolution 54(6), pp.902-939. (with T. Krieger)
Climate Change
Global warming and urbanization. 2023. Journal of Population Economics 36, 1187-1223. (with M. Helbling)
Measuring the effect of climate change on migration flows: Limitations of existing data and analytical frameworks. 2023. PLOS Climate 2(1), e0000078. (with M. Helbling, D. Rybski, J. Schewe, S. Siedentop, M. Glockmann, B. Heider, B. Jones, A. Rikani and P. Stroms)
Climate change literacy and migration potential: Micro-level evidence from Africa. 2021. Climatic Change 169, Article No. 9. (with M. Helbling, D. Auer, M. Schaub and M. Mistry)
The link between regional temperature and regional incomes: Econometric evidence with sub-national data. 2021. Economic Policy 36(107), pp.532-550. (with C. Greßer and D. Stadelmann)
How climate change leads to emigration: Conditional and long-run effects. 2021. Review of Development Economics 25(4), pp.2323-2349. (with M. Helbling)
Weather shocks, climate change and human health. 2021. World Development 138(2), 105228.
Financial Development
Financial development and entrepreneurship. 2021. International Review of Economics and Finance 73(5), pp.114-126. (with N. Dutta)
Financial development and innovation: Is there evidence of a Schumpeterian finance-innovation nexus? 2014. Annals of Economics and Finance 15(2), pp.343-363.
Financial deepening, trade openness and economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. 2011. Applied Economics 43(30), pp.4729-4739. (with T. Gries and M. Kraft)
Linkages between nancial deepening, trade openness, and economic development: Causality evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. 2009. World Development 37(12), pp.1849-1860. (with T. Gries and M. Kraft)
Migration and Population
Terrorism and migration: An overview. 2022. British Journal of Political Science 52(2), pp.977-996. (with M. Helbling)
Population size and the size of government. 2020. European Journal of Political Economy 61(1), 101837. (with T. Krieger)
Stymied ambition: Does a lack of economic freedom lead to migration? 2017. Journal of Population Economics 30(3), pp.977-1005. (with L. Renner)
The effect of corruption on migration, 1985-2000. 2013. Applied Economics Letters 20(13), pp.1270-1274. (with E. Dimant and T. Krieger)
Hit and (they will) run: The impact of terrorism on migration. 2011. Economics Letters 113(1), pp.42-46. (with A. Dreher and T. Krieger)
Political Economy and Institutions
Oil and property rights. 2022. Resources Policy, 103069. (with I. de Soysa and T. Krieger)
Political capitalism: The interaction between income inequality, economic freedom and democracy. 2016. European Journal of Political Economy 45(1), pp.115-132. (with T. Krieger)
How institutions shape land deals: The role of corruption. 2016. Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics 33(3), pp.205-217. (with M. Bujko, C. Fischer and T. Krieger)
Academic Publishing
The determinants of open access publishing: Survey evidence from countries in the Mediterranean Open Access Network (MedOANet). 2016. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics 43(4), pp.463-489. (with T. Eger and M. Scheufen)
The determinants of open access publishing: Survey evidence from Germany. 2015. European Journal of Law and Economics 39(3), pp.475-503. (with T. Eger and M. Scheufen)
Book Chapters
Economic freedom, peace and violent conflict. In: Berggren, N. (ed.), Handbook of Research on Economic Freedom. 2024. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp.357–371. (with T. Krieger) (Link)
Nation building through military aid? Unintended consequences of US interventionism. In: Rohner, D. and E. Zhuravskaya (eds.), Nation Building: Big Lessons from Successes and Failures. 2023. CEPR Press, London, pp.249–260. (with E. Dimant and T. Krieger) (Link)
Economic perspectives. In: Balzacq, T. and E. Settoul (eds.), Radicalization in Theory and Practice: Understanding Religious Violence in Western Europe. 2022. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, pp.23–45. (with T. Krieger) (Link)
The economic consequences of terrorism for the European Union. In: Bossong, R. (ed.), Terrorismus als Herausforderung der Europäischen Union. 2019. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, pp.87-108. (with T. Krieger) (Link)
How to deal with international terrorism. In: Eger, T., S. Oeter and S. Voigt (eds.), International Law and the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions. 2017. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, pp.223-247. (with T. Krieger) (Working Paper Version)
Terrorism. In: Backhaus, J., (ed.), Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. 2015. Springer, Berlin. (with F. Schneider) (Link)
Ökonomische Aspekte des neuen globalen Terrorismus. In: Arnold, H. and P. Zoche (eds.), Terrorismus und organisierte Kriminalität: Theoretische und methodische Aspekte komplexer Kriminalität. 2014. Lit-Verlag, Münster, pp.215-234. (with T. Krieger) (Working Paper Version)
Economic determinants of terrorism. In: Caruso, R. and A. Locatelli (eds.), Understanding Terrorism: A Socio-Economic Perspective. 2014. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., Bingley/UK, pp.25-49. (Link)
Terrorism: Causes, effects and the role of money laundering. In: Unger, B. and D. van de Linde (eds.), Research Handbook on Money Laundering. 2013. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham/UK and Northampton/MA, pp.78-91. (with T. Krieger) (Link)
Other Publications
Die Kosten des Klimawandels Staaten mit schwachen Institutionen trifft die globale Erwärmung stärker. 2021. WZB Mitteilungen 174, pp.6-8. (with D. Stadelmann)
Paying them to hate US: The effect of U.S. military aid on anti-American terrorism, 1968-2014. 2020. Cato Institute Research Briefs in Economic Policy 235, pp.1-2. (with E. Dimant and T. Krieger)
Wann wird es wem zu heiß? Klimawandel und Migrationsabsichten in Afrika. 2020. WZB Mitteilungen 169, pp.6-8. (with M. Helbling, D. Auer and M. Schaub)
Wie Gewalt Volkswirtschaften bedroht: Von den ökonomischen Kosten des Terrorismus. 2020. WZB Mitteilungen 168, pp.92-94.
Globus in Bewegung: Klima und Migration. 2019. WZB Mitteilungen 163, pp.48-49. (with M. Helbling)
Die ökonomische Theorie des Terrorismus. 2013. WiSt - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium 42(12), pp.691-696. (with T. Krieger)
Armut, Ungleichheit, wirtschaftliche Schwäche? Empirische Evidenz und methodische Herausforderungen zum Zusammenhang von Ökonomie und Terrorismus. 2009. Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 78(4), pp.29-40. (with T. Krieger)
Edited Special Issues
Proceedings of the 16th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference. 2016. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 22(4). (with R. Caruso)
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