The Economics of AQI’s Compensation

AQI’s financial ledgers provide a unique opportunity to analyze the economics of a contemporary militant group, focusing on individual compensation and on the relationship between the group’s expenditures and attacks. In this chapter, we measure the relative economic benefits of being an AQI member...

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Biostatistics
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Finance
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Financial management
Financial risk
Food security
Food studies
Health care industry
Health information
Health sciences
Household income
Human behavior
Human physical characteristics
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Microeconomics
Mortality
Personal income
Persons
Population estimates
Population studies
Social sciences
Violence
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