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Estimating Terrorism Risk — 2005

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security provides grants to help cities prepare for, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism. An event-based approach to estimating terror risk could help better allocate funds and more effectively reduce risk.

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Distribution of Losses from Large Terrorist Attacks Under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act — 2005

The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) creates an effective mechanism for sharing the financial risk that businesses face from terrorism. Still, less than half of all businesses have terrorism insurance; the U.S. government should consider encouraging these businesses to buy coverage.

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Trends in Terrorism: Threats to the United States and the Future of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act —2005

The terrorism insurance system in the United States is failing to provide businesses with adequate financial protection, leaving the nation vulnerable to economic disruption if there is a major terrorist attack.

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Compensation for Losses from the 9/11 Attacks — 2004

Lloyd Dixon and Rachel Kaganoff Stern

The terrorist attacks of 9/11 caused tremendous loss of life, property, and income, and the resulting response from the compensation system – insurance, tort, government programs, and charity was unprecedented.

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Issues and Options for Government Intervention in the Market for Terrorism Insurance — 2004

Lloyd Dixon, John Arlington, Stephen Carroll, Darius Lakdawalla, Robert Reville, David Adamson

Explores the debate over whether to extend, modify, or end the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, which requires insurers to make terrorism coverage available to commercial policyholders.

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Terrorism and Rail Security — 2004

Jack Riley

Jack Riley, codirector of CTRMP and Associate Director of RAND Infrastructure, Safety and Environment, presented testimony to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 23, 2004.

Congressional Testimony

Insurance, Self-Protection, and the Economics of Terrorism —2004

Darius N. Lakdawalla and George Zanjani

RAND researcher Darius Lakdawalla has coauthored a working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Terrorism Incident Databases

RAND has been actively involved in the study of terrorism for the past 30 years.

• The Terrorism Incident Database records domestic and international terrorist incidents that have occurred since 1998.
• The Terrorism Chronology Database provides a complete record of international terrorist incidents that occurred between 1968 and 1997.

These two databases now constitute part of the Terrorism Knowledge Base compiled by the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT).

Learn more about RAND's Terrorism Database Project.