The Economics of Defence Spending

An International Survey
Herausgeber: Hartley, Keith; Sandler, Todd

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1990, this is an authoritative account of defence spending and policy in both developing and developed countries. The book provides case-studies and comparitive materiel for policy-makers, civil servants, and military staffs throughout hte world. It will also be of great use to students of economics, politics, international relations, and policy studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9780415615457
• ISBN-10: 0415615453
• Artikelnr.: 36811804

Autorenporträt

Keith Hartley is Professor of Economics and Director for the Centre for Defence Economics at the University of York. He is the author of many books and articles, including NATO Arms Co-operation: a Study in Economics and Politics (1983). Todd Sandler is Professor of Economics and Political Science at Iowa State University. He has written many books and articles, including The Theory of Externalities, Public Goods, and Club Goods (with Richard Cornes, 1986). Both Hartley and Sandler are Editors of Defence Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction  2. United States defence expenditures: trends and
analysis  3. The political economy of military effort in the Warsaw Treaty
Organization  4. Defence spending in the United Kingdom  5. Defence
spending in France: the price of independence  6. West German demand for
defence spending  7. Sweedish military expenditures and armed neutrality 
8. Defence spending in Israel  9. Military security and the economy:
defence expenditure in India and Pakistan  10. Military expenditures in
Argentina, Chile and Peru  11. Japan's defence spending