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Military spending and innovation : learning from 19th century world fair exhibition data
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia; Feuerbaum, Carsten - 2023
We provide quantitative evidence on the relationship between military spending and innovation in the 19th century. Combining innovation data from world fairs and historical military data across Europe, we show that national military spending is associated with national innovation towards war...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014249117
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The political economy of conscription
Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2009
Though in decline recently, military conscription is still a widely used mode of staffing armies. Since not many valid economic, social or military arguments in favor of the draft can be put forward, the question emerges why societies choose to rely on it. In this survey we explain the political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899795
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Reducing risks in wartime through capital-labor substitution : evidence from World War II
Rohlfs, Chris; Sullivan, Ryan; Kniesner, Thomas J. - 2015
Our research uses data from multiple archival sources to examine substitution among armored (tank-intensive), infantry (troop-intensive), and airborne (also troop-intensive) military units, as well as mid-war reorganizations of each type, to estimate the marginal cost of reducing U.S. fatalities...
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Long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service : a quasi-experiment using Australian conscription lotteries
Johnston, David; Shields, Michael; Siminski, Peter - 2015
This paper estimates the long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service using Australia's National conscription lotteries for identification. Our primary contribution is the quality and breadth of our health outcomes. We use several administrative sources, containing a near-universe of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487512
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The causal effects of World War II military service
Cousley, Alex; Siminski, Peter; Ville, Simon P. - 2016
The effects of military service have been studied for decades, but surprisingly few studies have estimated the effects of World War II (WW2) service, where the focus has been on the impact of this 'total war' on the broader civilian population. Over 90% of Australian males born in the early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452236
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Statistical analysis of landmine fatalities in Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas; Khayyat, Nabaz T. - 2011
This study analyzes mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) victim data in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the period of the 1960s to 2005. In addition to descriptive analysis of the data, we use regression analysis to identify the determinants of the probability of getting killed by a mine or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009427286
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Investment crowding-out and labor market effects of financialization in the US
González, Ignacio; Sala, Hector - 2013
financial markets work, and stress the vital need of preventing financial devices that result in productive investment crowding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721371
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Corporate training and skill gaps : did COVID-19 stem EU convergence in training investments?
Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Wruuck, Patricia - 2022
remain - and the Covid-19 shock may have exacerbated them. This report analyses European firms' investment in training over … the last six years examining trends, factors supporting training investment as well as the impact of the Covid-19 shock …. We base the empirical analysis on a unique dataset, the European Investment Bank's Investment Survey (EIBIS), which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013260142
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On the relationship between public and private investment in the euro area
Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - 2014
This paper explores the long run relationship between public and private investment in the euro area in terms of … capital stocks and gross investment flows. Panel techniques ac-counting for international spillovers are employed. While … private and public capital stocks are cointegrated, the evidence is quite fragile for public and private investment flows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252646
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Persistence of civil wars
Acemoglu, Daron; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2009
A notable feature of post-World War II civil wars is their very long average duration. We provide a theory of the persistence of civil wars. The civilian government can successfully defeat rebellious factions only by creating a relatively strong army. In weakly-institutionalized polities this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898127