Authors

• Carlos P. Barros ( )
  Technical University of Lisbon
• Luis A. Gil-Alana(alana@unav.es)
  School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Navarra, Spain.

Abstract
This paper analyses the effectiveness of anti-terrorism policies implemented by the Spanish government to counteract ETA terrorist attacks. The aim is to investigate what the best policy is for counteracting terrorist groups: proactive political/retaliatory deterrence policies or reactive political/retaliatory deterrence policies. Counting models are used and the results show that proactive political policies are the most effective.

Number of Pages:36

Creation Date:2009-11-01

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