Fiscal Consequences of Terrorism /

This paper provides an empirical analysis of how the frequency and severity of terrorism affect government revenue and expenditure during the period 1970-2013 using a panel dataset on 153 countries. We find that terrorism has only a marginal negative effect on tax revenue performance, after controll...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cevik, Serhan
Other Authors: Ricco, John
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/225
Online Access:Full text available on IMF