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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Calculating tragedy: Assessing the costs of terrorism |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Journal of Economic Surveys |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0950-0804 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Number | 1 |
| Page Range | 1 - 24 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Abstract Text | The trends and consequences of terrorist activities are often captured by counting the number of incidents and casualties. More recently, the effects of terrorist acts on various aspects of the economy have been analyzed. These costs are surveyed and put in perspective. As economic consequences are only a part of the overall costs of terrorism, possible approaches for estimating the utility losses of the people affected are discussed. Results using the life satisfaction approach, in which individual utility is approximated by self-reported subjective well-being, suggest that people’s utility losses may far exceed the purely economic consequences. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2007.00505.x |
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| Additional Information | The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com |