The economic cost of the Islamic State on the Syrian and Iraqi economies

• Main Authors: Ruiz Estrada, Mario Arturo, Khan, Alam, Park, Donghyun
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer Verlag 2018
• Subjects: HC Economic History and Conditions
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/20858/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-017-0549-9
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

In this paper, we evaluate the economic cost of the Islamic State on the Syrian and Iraqi economies from 2010 to 2016. To do so, we use the Post-Terrorism Final Economic Damage Simulator—PTFED-Simulator. The PTFED-Simulator assesses the economic damage of terrorism based on ten different indicators:...