| dc.description.abstract | There are few studies done on the use of remittances to finance terrorism. Remittances
have previously been seen in connection with development policies but have in recent years been
linked to funding of terrorist groups. The main objective of this study is to identify the
relationship between remittances, economic inequality and terrorist events. Using remittance data
from the World Bank the thesis aims to study how remittances, as well as underlying economic
inequality might impact the occurrence of terrorist events. Using count data on domestic terrorist
events and transnational terrorist events (by perpetrators country of origin) and applying negative
binomial regression we study how remittances and economic inequality influence the occurrence
of terrorist events. The findings support some of the hypotheses. There exists a relationship
between increased transnational terrorism and remittance inflows, even when controlling for
economic inequality. Contrary to previous studies no significant relationship can be found
between domestic terrorism and remittance inflows. Vertical inequality, in the form of economic
inequality, is significant across all domestic and transnational models. There are clear indications
that the relationship between remittances and transnational terrorism warrants further study | nb_NO |
