Terrorism & Its Impact On Foreign Flows: Lessons From Pakistan

Iqbal, Javed and Mehmood, Sultan (2012): Terrorism & Its Impact On Foreign Flows: Lessons From Pakistan.

Abstract

High terrorist attack frequency and intensity in Pakistan provides a unique data to study the impact of terrorism on foreign inflows and trade. After 9/11, Pakistan has suffered from rapidly decreasing foreign inflows and a contraction in trade. The paper estimates the unit cost of a terrorist attack in terms of foreign inflows and international trade lost to be $51.92 million.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Terrorism, trade, foreign inflows, unit cost
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F24 - Remittances; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C0 - General > C01 - Econometrics

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