An article by Casey DiRienzo, assistant professor of economics, Tina Das, associate professor of economics, and John Burbridge, dean of the Love School of Business, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Business and Economics.
Titled “Corruption and Global Terrorism: A Cross Country Analysis,” the article will be published in the journal’s February 2007 edition. The abstract appears below:
“Several studies have empirically explored the determinants of global terrorism. The general consensus is the repression of individual and political rights is one of the leading causes of terrorist activity. However, as a result of September 11, the focus has also included corruption along with repression as a cause. Is corruption really a cause? No prior research has looked at government and business corruption as influencing global terrorism. In this study, it is concluded that highly corrupt countries and nations with the lowest corruption levels are subject to the greater risk of terrorist activity. These results were obtained by using data from the World Market Research Center-Global Terrorism Index (2004) and the Corruption Perception Index (2004) developed by Transparency International.”