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Alternative methodologies for projecting defence spending
Duke, Christine; McKean, Cameron - In: Economic Roundup (2008) 2, pp. 1-11
methodologies for projecting defence spending was included in the appendix of the report. This paper provides a more detailed … discussion of the alternative methodologies explored and shows the projections that were done, updated for current defence …
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Notes sur les bases et les effectifs militaires états-uniens à l'étranger.
Herrera, Rémy; Cicchini, Joëlle - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2013
This paper, mainly methodological, aims at providing an estimation of the number of U.S. military bases and personnel worldwide. The first part proposes a periodization of the spread of U.S. military bases. The second part exposes the official statistical data disseminated by the US Department...
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Arms Trade Offsets: What Do We Know?
Brauer, Jurgen; Dunne, J Paul - Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, … - 2009
This chapter is a review of our empirical knowledge regarding arms trade offsets. Extant evidence suggests that offset arrangements do not yield net benefits for a country’s economic development. As a general rule arms trade offset deals are more costly than off-the-shelf arms purchases,...
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The Economic Consequences of Terrorism
Lenain, Patrick; Bonturi, Marcos; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
The unprecedented 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States caused massive casualties and damage, and ushered in an era of greater uncertainty. While a prompt and vigorous policy response helped limit the immediate economic impact of the aggression, the heightened terrorist threat...
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Does defence expenditure deter economic growth in Turkey? A cointegration analysis
Karagol, Erdal; Palaz, Serap - In: Defence and Peace Economics 15 (2004) 3, pp. 289-298
causality between the growth of GNP and defence expenditure in Turkey for the years 1955-2000. The main conclusion is that there … is a long-run equilibrium relationship between GNP and defence expenditures. Furthermore, the short run causality test … indicates that there is a unidirectional causality between variables, from defence expenditure to economic growth. In order to …
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The U.S. economy today: Between systemic crisis and permanent war.
Herrera, Rémy - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2013
This paper studies the U.S. economy from an original point of view: that of the links existing between crisis and war. The first part analyzes the workings of the current crisis, considered to be a “systemic” one. The second part places the U.S. economy at the very heart of this crisis. The...
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Self-enforcing Norms and the Efficient Non-cooperative Organization of Clans
Konrad, Kai A.; Leininger, Wolfgang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
We study how norms can solve distributional conflict inside a clan and the efficient coordination of collective action in a conflict with an external enemy. We characterize a fully non-cooperative equilibrium in a finite game in which a self-enforcing norm coordinates the members on efficient...
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Features of the Public Procurements of Innovation Products in Russian and the World
Belev, Sergey; Boldareva, Olga; Sokolov, Ilya; … - Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy - 2013
This paper presents an in-depth analysis of the legal basis and the elements of the institutional environment of public procurements of innovations produce in Russia and the world. Authors analyze procurement procedures for complex and hi-tech products. They determine ways for the development of...
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OPTIMIZATION MODELS OF THE SUPPLY OF POWER STRUCTURES’ ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS WITH CENTRALIZED PROCUREMENT
Sysoiev, Volodymyr - In: Economic Annals 58 (2013) 198, pp. 137-164
Management of the state power structures’ organizational units for materiel and technical support requires the use of effective tools for supporting decisions, due to the complexity, interdependence, and dynamism of supply in the market economy. The corporate nature of power structures is of...
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In the Shadow of a Giant: Medicare's Influence on Private Physician Payments
Clemens, Jeffrey; Gottlieb, Joshua D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We demonstrate Medicare's influence on private insurers' payments for physicians' services. Using a large administrative change in payments for surgical versus medical care, we find that private prices follow Medicare's lead. A $1 change in Medicare's fees moved private prices by $1.16. A second...
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