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"... Human altruism in non-kin, unreciprocated contexts is difficult to understand in evolutionary terms. However, neo-Darwinian theories remain a potential-ly useful means of illuminating this behavior. In particular, induced altruism, wherein cues of genetic relatedness are manipulated to elicit costly ..."
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to test the rel-evance of induced altruism to the reinforcement of altruistic commitment to these behaviors. First, different organizations requiring costly sacrifice by their members should employ similar practices involving patterns of association, phenotypic similarity, and kinship terminology
Models of Terrorist Organization ∗
, 2013
"... This working paper presents several models of the organizational difficulties facing terrorist organizations. My goal here is not to provide a single best model of terrorist organization. Rather, it is to some different ways of modeling the strategic situation underlying the managerial challenges ou ..."
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This working paper presents several models of the organizational difficulties facing terrorist organizations. My goal here is not to provide a single best model of terrorist organization. Rather, it is to some different ways of modeling the strategic situation underlying the managerial challenges
Dynamics in domestic terrorist organizations
"... The number of incidents provoked by a domestic terrorist organization shows an oscillatory though irregular behaviour over time. There are periods of time where the organization carries out many incidents whereas during other periods, the activity diminishes or even is null. This paper attempts to e ..."
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The number of incidents provoked by a domestic terrorist organization shows an oscillatory though irregular behaviour over time. There are periods of time where the organization carries out many incidents whereas during other periods, the activity diminishes or even is null. This paper attempts
The developmental dynamics of terrorist organizations
- PLoS One
, 2012
"... We identify robust statistical patterns in the frequency and severity of violent attacks by terrorist organizations as they grow and age. Using group-level static and dynamic analyses of terrorist events worldwide from 1968–2008 and a simulation model of organizational dynamics, we show that the pro ..."
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We identify robust statistical patterns in the frequency and severity of violent attacks by terrorist organizations as they grow and age. Using group-level static and dynamic analyses of terrorist events worldwide from 1968–2008 and a simulation model of organizational dynamics, we show
Underfunding in terrorist organizations
- International Studies Quarterly
, 2007
"... A review of international terrorist activity reveals a pattern of financially strapped operatives working for organizations that seem to have plenty of money. To explain this observation, and to examine when restricting terrorists ’ funds will reduce their lethality, we model a hierarchical ter-ror ..."
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A review of international terrorist activity reveals a pattern of financially strapped operatives working for organizations that seem to have plenty of money. To explain this observation, and to examine when restricting terrorists ’ funds will reduce their lethality, we model a hierarchical ter
Bureaucracy and control in terrorist organizations
, 2008
"... the Combating Terrorism Center offered many helpful comments on the al-Qa’ida in Iraq case study and facilitated access to documents from the Harmony database. All errors are my own. ..."
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the Combating Terrorism Center offered many helpful comments on the al-Qa’ida in Iraq case study and facilitated access to documents from the Harmony database. All errors are my own.
Searching for Similarities between Terrorist Organizations Strategies
"... Abstract The underlying causes of terrorism, in concert with the stated goals of a terrorist organization, may reflect the strategy chosen in its pursuit to counter the state. The strategy any such group opted to use would be more evident in the operational patterns. The policy implications of such ..."
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Abstract The underlying causes of terrorism, in concert with the stated goals of a terrorist organization, may reflect the strategy chosen in its pursuit to counter the state. The strategy any such group opted to use would be more evident in the operational patterns. The policy implications
On the Duration and Sustainability of Transnational Terrorist Organizations
"... (CREATE) under grant number 2007-ST-061-000001 and by funding from the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, New York. However, any opinions or conclusions in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect views of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or the U.S. Depar ..."
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(CREATE) under grant number 2007-ST-061-000001 and by funding from the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, New York. However, any opinions or conclusions in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect views of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or the U.S. Department of Defense. Authors ’ note: replication materials are available alongside the electronic version of this article at
Mathematical Appendix for “Underfunding in Terrorist Organizations”
"... This appendix contains proofs of all propositions in the text. The first three results utilize the techniques of monotone comparative statics. 1 Proof of Lemma 1: In the general case, the first-order condition that implicitly specifies x ∗ is ∂C ∂x = 0, which is (γv ′ − (1 − γ)p ′)(1 − δM(pqS + (1 ..."
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This appendix contains proofs of all propositions in the text. The first three results utilize the techniques of monotone comparative statics. 1 Proof of Lemma 1: In the general case, the first-order condition that implicitly specifies x ∗ is ∂C ∂x = 0, which is (γv ′ − (1 − γ)p ′)(1 − δM(pqS + (1 − p)qF)) − δM(p ′ qS − p ′ qF)(γv + (1 − γ)p) (1 − δM(pqS + (1 − p)qF)) 2 = 0. (11) The cross-partial of M’s objective with respect to x and qS is −δMγ(pv ′ + vp ′)
Terrorist Organizations in the Twenty-First Century
, 2006
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