Failed States and Terrorism
Presentation Type
Poster
Department
Economics
Major
Economics
Abstract
After 9/11, the United States began to examine more closely the relationship between failed states and terrorism. Building upon recent research, we use the Fragile States Index and Global Terrorism Database to estimate an unbalanced panel starting in 2005 and running through 2014. Our paper controls for many factors across countries while investigating whether an increase in the failed states index leads to an increase in the number of terrorist attacks within a country. We find no statistically significant relationship between a change in the failed states index and the number of attacks in a country. However, interestingly there’s a significant, negative relationship between the migration rate and the number of terrorist attacks in a given country.
Faculty Mentor
Paul Jones, Assistant Professor of Economics
Funding Source or Research Program
Academic Year Undergraduate Research Initiative
Location
Waves Cafeteria
Start Date
1-4-2016 2:00 PM
End Date
1-4-2016 3:00 PM
Failed States and Terrorism
Waves Cafeteria
After 9/11, the United States began to examine more closely the relationship between failed states and terrorism. Building upon recent research, we use the Fragile States Index and Global Terrorism Database to estimate an unbalanced panel starting in 2005 and running through 2014. Our paper controls for many factors across countries while investigating whether an increase in the failed states index leads to an increase in the number of terrorist attacks within a country. We find no statistically significant relationship between a change in the failed states index and the number of attacks in a country. However, interestingly there’s a significant, negative relationship between the migration rate and the number of terrorist attacks in a given country.