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Cronin AW (2011) How terrorism ends: understanding the decline and demise of terrorist campaigns. Princeton University Press, Princeton
Enders W, Sandler T (2011) The political economy of terrorism. Cambridge University Press, New York
Hoffman B (2006) Inside terrorism. Columbia University Press, New York
Walker C (2011) Terrorism and the law. Oxford University Press, Oxford
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Schneider, F., Meierrieks, D. (2019). Terrorism. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7753-2_554
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