Investing in the Market of Violence: Toward a Micro Theory of Terrorist Financing
Terrorist financing is the dedicated pursuit of adequate capitalization within a market of violence, wherein terrorist organizations seek to extract resources and funding from the social, political, and economic environment in which they operate. At the same time, the effectiveness of a terrorist group in this pursuit is highly dependent on their organizational type and design, its leadership capabilities, and its capacity for organizational learning factors that shape the ability of terrorist groups to identify and exploit a limited set of investment and rent seeking opportunities.