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Political Science

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Citations
46060
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4
National Ranking
3

Economics and Finance

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105
Citations
45007
World Ranking
77
National Ranking
63

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in United States Leader Award

Overview

Todd Sandler is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States. Their research spans social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance, with a notable focus on political conflict, governance, terrorism, and security-related topics.

Their recent papers demonstrate engagement with contemporary issues in economic and political analysis. Selected publications include:

  • Global Public Goods: A Survey, 2021, Journal of Economic Literature
  • NATO defense demand, free riding, and the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2022, 2022, Journal of Industrial and Business Economics
  • Middle East and North Africa: Terrorism and Conflicts, 2020, Global Policy
  • Common myths of terrorism, 2022, Journal of Economic Surveys
  • EU Demand for Defense, 1990-2019: A Strategic Spatial Approach, 2021, Games

The frequent co-authors working alongside Sandler include Wukki Kim, Khusrav Gaibulloev, Justin George, Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, and Hirofumi Shimizu. These collaborations indicate a strong network in areas related to defense economics, political violence, and strategic studies.

Sandler's publications appear frequently in venues such as Defence and Peace Economics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Kyklos, European Journal of Political Economy, and Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. This distribution reflects a concentration on interdisciplinary research connecting economics with political science and international relations.

Their main fields of study encompass Social Sciences with 73 publications and Economics, Econometrics and Finance with 26 publications. Within these broad categories, Sandler's subfields involve Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and General Health Professions.

The core topics addressed by Sandler include:

  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • Defense, Military, and Policy Studies
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Global trade and economics
  • Peacebuilding and International Security

Best Publications

  • The Theory of Externalities, Public Goods, and Club Goods

    Richard Cornes;Todd Sandler

  • The Political Economy of Terrorism

    Walter Enders;Todd Sandler

  • Collective Action: Theory and Applications

    Todd Sandler

  • Research on Internal Migration in the United States: A Survey

    Michael J. Greenwood;Paul L. Burgess;James A. Chalmers;Todd Sandler

  • The Political Economy of Terrorism

    Walter Enders;Todd Sandler

  • The Economics of Defense

    Todd Sandler;Keith Hartley

  • The Effectiveness of Antiterrorism Policies: A Vector-Autoregression-Intervention Analysis

    Walter Enders;Todd Sandler

  • EASY RIDERS, JOINT PRODUCTION, AND PUBLIC GOODS*

    Richard Cornes;Todd Sandler

  • An economic perspective on transnational terrorism

    Todd Sandler;Walter Enders

  • The Economic Theory of Clubs: An Evaluative Survey

    Todd Sandler;John T Tschirhart

  • Global Collective Action

    Todd Sandler

  • To Bargain or Not to Bargain: That is the Question

    Harvey Lapan;Todd Sandler

  • Global Challenges: An Approach to Environmental, Political, and Economic Problems

    Todd Sandler

  • An Econometric Analysis of the Impact of Terrorism on Tourism

    Walter Enders;Todd Sandler;Gerald F. Parise

  • Economic Growth, Civil Wars, and Spatial Spillovers:

    James C. Murdoch;Todd Sandler

  • Domestic versus transnational terrorism: Data, decomposition, and dynamics

    Walter Enders;Todd Sandler;Khusrav Gaibulloev

  • The Theory of Externalities, Public Goods, and Club Goods

    Richard Cornes;Todd Sandler

  • Terrorism and foreign direct investment in spain and greece

    Walter Enders;Todd Sandler

  • Causality between transnational terrorism and tourism: The case of Spain

    Walter Enders;Todd Sandler

  • A Theoretical Analysis of Transnational Terrorism

    Todd Sandler;John T. Tschirhart;Jon Cauley

  • Economics of Alliances: The Lessons for Collective Action

    Todd Sandler;Keith Hartley

  • Is Transnational Terrorism Becoming More Threatening? A Time-Series Investigation

    Walter Enders;Todd Sandler

  • The theory of externalities, public goods and club goods. 2nd. ed.

    Richard Cornes;Todd Sandler

  • Economic consequences of terrorism in developed and developing countries: An overview

    Todd Sandler;Walter Enders

  • Patterns of Transnational Terrorism, 1970–1999: Alternative Time-Series Estimates

    Walter Enders;Todd Sandler

  • Civil Wars and Economic Growth: Spatial Dispersion

    James C. Murdoch;Todd Sandler

  • Counterterrorism A Game-Theoretic Analysis

    G M Daniel Arce;Todd Sandler

  • The Future of Development Assistance: Common Pools and International Public Goods

    Ravi Kanbur;Todd Sandler;Kevin M Morrison

  • On the Economic Theory of Alliances

    Todd Sandler;Jon Cauley

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Enders
Walter Enders University of Alabama
Richard Cornes
Richard Cornes Australian National University
James C. Murdoch
James C. Murdoch The University of Texas at Dallas
John Tschirhart
John Tschirhart University of Wyoming
Harvey E. Lapan
Harvey E. Lapan Iowa State University
B. Peter Rosendorff
B. Peter Rosendorff New York University
Wallace E. Huffman
Wallace E. Huffman Iowa State University
Ravi Kanbur
Ravi Kanbur Cornell University
William D. Schulze
William D. Schulze Cornell University
Anthony J. Culyer
Anthony J. Culyer University of York

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