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ON RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY AND THE STUDY OF TERRORISM

Charles H. Anderton Department of Economics, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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John R. Carter Department of Economics, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610, USA
Pages 275-282 | Published online: 21 Aug 2006

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