Can perceptions of economic inequalities trigger conspiratorial thinking? We provide
evidence that high economic inequality may enhance conspiratorial thinking because, as a …

Highlights•Growing inequality has hidden costs for societies' social and political
vitality.•Economic inequality enhances wealth categorizations and 'us' versus …

Economic inequality has been found to have pernicious effects, reducing mental and
physical health, decreasing societal cohesion, and fueling support for nativist parties and …

Transport infrastructure connectivity (TIC) has strong endogeneity issues, making it difficult
to directly assess its impact on local conflict resolution. This study presents new evidence of …

Abstract fundamental problem in socioeconomic sciences is how to explain the root causes
of terrorism. The literature has analyzed several determinants of terrorism. However, the …

Investigation of whether, how, and why inequality influences the dynamics of violent conflict
has a long intellectual history. Inequality between individuals and households (vertical …

The study of terrorism represents one of the major turning points in criminology of the twenty-
first century. In the space of just two decades, research on terrorism and political extremism …

This study investigates the determinants of terrorism in countries that are in the top category
of the Fragile States Index (FSI), and are also prone to terrorism. Panel data for 38 countries …

This paper examines the dynamic implications of making concessions to terrorist
kidnappers. We apply a Bayesian Poisson changepoint model to kidnap** incidents …

Over the past twenty years, research on political extremism and terrorism has become one of
the fastest growing sub-fields within criminology. This rapid growth is reminiscent of the early …