Does Terror Threaten Human Rights? Evidence from Panel Data

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2007-02Type
- Working Paper
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Abstract
The paper presents a political economy model linking terror and governments’ respect for human rights. Using panel data for 111 countries over the period 1973-2002, we then empirically analyze whether and to what extent terror affects human rights – measured by three indices covering a wide variety of human rights aspects. According to our results, terror substantially diminishes governments’ respect for basic human rights such as absence of extrajudicial killings, political imprisonment, and torture. To some extent, civil rights are also restricted as a consequence of terrorism, while we find no effect of terrorism on empowerment rights. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-005381958Publication status
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KOF Working PapersVolume
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KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH ZurichSubject
TERRORISM; Terrorism; Civil Liberties; TERRORISMUS; MENSCHENRECHTE (INTERNATIONALES RECHT); HUMAN RIGHTS (INTERNATIONAL LAW); Suicide Attacks; Human RightsOrganisational unit
02525 - KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle / KOF Swiss Economic Institute
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