QUEEN'S BUSINESS SCHOOL ECONOMICS SEMINAR SERIES

Friday 10th May

3pm

"Socioeconomic Conditions and Violent Extremism in the U.S.”

Abstract

The recent surge in hate crimes and, more generally, politically motivated violence in the U.S. appears to be a symptom of the recent increase in political polarization, the diminution of prospects of the middle class, and the related increase in income inequality. In this paper we study how several socioeconomic variables relate to hate crimes in the U.S., using data for counties over 15 years.

Professor Dimitrios Diamantaras

Temple University 

QBS Conference Hub, Wheston Lecture Theatre 0G.028