Terrorism, Anti-Terrorism, and the Copycat Effect
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In this paper we formulate and analyze a simple dynamic model of the interaction between terrorists and authorities. Our primary aim is to analyze how the introduction of a so called copycat effect influences behavior and outcomes. We first show that our simple model of terrorist cells implies that an increase in anti-terrorism makes it more likely that cells will plan small rather than large attacks. Furthermore, we see that an increase in anti-terrorism can make a terrorist attack more likely. Analyzing the problem of optimal anti-terrorism we see that the introduction of a copycat effect rationalizes an increase in the level of anti-terrorism after a large attack. Using this result we show how the copycat effect changes the dynamic pattern of terrorism attacks and what the long run consequences are
Original language | English |
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Publisher | Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen |
Number of pages | 19 |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
- Faculty of Social Sciences - terrorist cells, optimal anti-terrorism, copycat effect
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