TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Protecting cultural monuments against terrorism
JO  - Defence and peace economics
A1  - Frey, B. S.
A1  - Rohner, Dominic
SP  - 245
EP  - 252
VL  - 18
IS  - 3
N2  - Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy to discourage terrorist attacks on iconic monuments is for a government to show a firm commitment to swift reconstruction. Using a simple game-theoretic model, we demonstrate how a credible claim to rebuild any destroyed cultural monument discourages terrorist attacks by altering the terrorists' expectations and by increasing the government's reputation costs if they fail to rebuild.<p /> 
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SN  - 1024-2694
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242690600951664
ID  - ref1
ER  -