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Chapter 22 Economics of Conflict: An Overview
Garfinkel, Michelle R.; Skaperdas, Stergios - In: Handbook of defense economics : volume 2, Defense in a …, (pp. 649-709). 2007
In this chapter, we review the recent literature on conflict and appropriation. Allowing for the possibility of conflict, which amounts to recognizing the possibility that property rights are not perfectly and costlessly enforced, represents a significant departure from the traditional paradigm...
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Chapter 21 Economics of Defense in a Globalized World
McGuire, Martin C. - In: Handbook of defense economics : volume 2, Defense in a …, (pp. 623-648). 2007
In a world continuously beset by conflict and violence, the positive study of international security and defense has … defense economics has thus greatly increased, but the opportunity to exploit new insights from throughout economics grown … on the contributions expected of defense economics in a globalized world where old patterns of thinking risk obsolescence …
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Worldwide Military Spending, 1990-95
Schiff, Jerald - 2006
The decline in military spending that began in the mid-1980s continued through 1995, and this decline was widespread both geographically and by level of development. Cuts in military spending appear to have potentially important implications for nonmilitary spending and fiscal adjustment. In...
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Military Spending, the Peace Dividend, and Fiscal Adjustment
Davoodi, Hamid R. - 2006
The end of the Cold War has ushered in significant changes in worldwide military spending. This paper finds that the easing of (1) international tensions, (2) regional tensions, and (3) the existence of IMF-supported programs are related to lower military spending and a higher share of...
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Corruption and Military Spending
Gupta, Sanjeev - 2006
indicates that defense spending can be considered for constructing governance indicators …
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Supreme Court Jurisprudence in Times of National Crisis, Terrorism, and War : A Historical Perspective
Garrison, Arthur H. - 2011
security threats. From President Washington and his policy of neutrality during the wars between Great Britain and France in … wars, to President Roosevelt and war of the Greatest Generation, to President Truman and his steel during the forgotten war …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014181219
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Terrorism financing : Crypto-Taliban?
Wolf, Siegfried O. - 2021
The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Week in June 2021 focused on the financing of Islamist terror groups. The meeting zeroed in on the ‘misuse of digital space for terrorist financing purposes’. As noted in a statement following the meeting, ‘it was recognized that the pandemic enhanced...
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What type of crisis is this? : the coronavirus crisis as a crisis of the economicised society
Ötsch, Walter - 2020
The paper addresses the following questions: what type of crisis is this? How can we put the events together in our minds so that we have a coherent, complete picture of the crisis? How can we put this crisis in its historical context and what are the consequences for the future of our society?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012208670
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Globalization and Corruption : New Evidence
Attila, Joseph - 2013
The aim of this paper is to test whether the relationship between globalization and corruption is non-linear as suggested by the literature. The study has been conducted on a sample size of 122 countries between 1990 and 2006 divided into four sub-periods. The findings confirm the hypothesis of...
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