Does Immigration Induce Terrorism?
Does Immigration Induce Terrorism?
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DOI：
10.1086/684679
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发表时间：
2016-04-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Bohmelt, Tobias
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作者：
Bove, Vincenzo;Bohmelt, Tobias
关于移民是否与国内和跨国恐怖主义有联系，存在着激烈的辩论。然而，到目前为止，我们缺乏可以为这场辩论提供信息的有力证据。作为对解决这一缺陷的贡献，我们报告了1970年至2000年期间145个国家的移民流入和恐怖袭击次数的空间计量经济学分析。结果表明，来自恐怖主义倾向国家的移民移居另一个国家确实是恐怖主义扩散的重要工具。话虽如此，调查结果还强调，移民流入本身实际上导致恐怖袭击水平较低。这项研究大大提高了我们对国际和国内恐怖主义的理解，对恐怖主义的学术方法以及世界各国的移民政策具有重要意义。
There is a heated debate on whether immigration is associated with domestic and transnational terrorism. As of yet, however, we lacked rigorous evidence that could inform this debate. As a contribution to address this shortcoming, we report spatial-econometric analyses of migrant inflows and the number of terrorist attacks in 145 countries between 1970 and 2000. The results suggest that migrants stemming from terrorist-prone states moving to another country are indeed an important vehicle through which terrorism does diffuse. Having said that, the findings also highlight that migrant inflows per se actually lead to a lower level of terrorist attacks. This research significantly improves our understanding of international and domestic terrorism and has critical implications for the scholastic approach to terrorism, as well as for countries' immigration policies worldwide.