National Security or Private Profits? Trade in Dual-Use Commodities

This paper develops a simple model of imperfectly competitive trade in commodities with both military and civilian applications, a.k.a. dual-use commodities. We consider the role of export barriers and foreign economic aid in encouraging peaceful rather than military application of dual-use commodities in importing countries. When governments conjecture the profit-shifting effect of their policies, Nash equilibrium policies combine export barriers and foreign aid.

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Year of publication:	1996
Authors:	Konan, Denise Eby ; Tabatchnaia-Tamirisa, Natalia
Institutions:	Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa
Subject:	dual-use commodities \| national security \| defense economics

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Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 199605 29 pages
Classification:	F1 - Trade ; F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business ; O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development ; L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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