RT Article
T1 The Effects of the International Monetary Fund on Domestic Terrorism
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 34
IS 3
SP 489
OP 513
A1 Hunter, Lance Y.
A2 Biglaiser, Glen 1963-
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1804067970
AB The past three decades have seen an increase in both domestic terrorist attacks and loans issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In this study, we investigate the connection between IMF loan arrangements and domestic terrorism. We find that countries under IMF loans tend to observe fewer domestic terrorist incidents, especially when the borrowers are democracies. We contend that, while the IMF pressures borrower countries to prevent money laundering and combat the financing of terrorism, this effect is most pronounced in democracies, whose large selectorates incentivize the provision of public goods in a manner that works to reduce domestic terrorism. Our research shows how domestic and international institutions together can possibly help lower incidents of domestic terrorism.
K1 Democracy
K1 Money Laundering
K1 IMF
K1 Domestic terrorism
DO 10.1080/09546553.2019.1709448