TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Jaeger, David A.
AU  - Paserman, M. Daniele
        TI  - The Shape of Things to Come? Assessing the Effectiveness of Suicide Attacks and Targeted Killings
        PY  - 2007/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2890
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2890
        AB  - In this paper we assess the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings in the Second Intifada. We find evidence that the targeted killings of Palestinian leaders by Israel reduce realized Palestinian violence. We find, however, that intended Palestinian violence is increasing at low levels of targeted killings, but decreasing at higher levels. There is little evidence to suggest that suicide bombings against Israelis reduce the number of subsequent Palestinian fatalities. Rather, we find that suicide attacks that kill at least one Israeli lead to subsequent increased incidence and levels of Palestinian fatalities. Our results do not support the notion that suicide attacks and targeted killings follow the “tit-for-tat” pattern that is commonly postulated in the literature.
        KW  - suicide terrorism
KW  - targeted killings
KW  - assassinations
KW  - Second Intifada
KW  - Palestinians
KW  - Israel
        ER  -