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The Defense Economics and the Military Reform in Russia

Zatsepin, Vasily - 2019

In 2018, the total strength of the Armed Forces (AF) of the Russian Federation did not change. Early in February 2018, the President of the Russian Federation increased by 200 persons to 10,740 persons the ultimate staff number of the Central Office of the Ministry of Defense (without the...

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Decision Dilemmas (Nozick) and Military Companies Private Securities in Colombia

Estrada, Fernando - 2010

illustrate by analogy with the CMSP, the dilemmas arising from the use of private military in regions with civil wars and …

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The risks of nation-building through military aid and intervention

Dimant, Eugen; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2022

This chapter discusses the role of military interventionism and aid in nation-building. We argue that (1) intervention ….S. military aid has not been successful in enhancing military capacity in the recipient countries of military aid, but has rather …

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Russia's Military Economy and Military Security in 2007

Zatsepin, Vasily; Tsymbal, Vitaly - 2012

The development of the RF military economy in 2007 was mainly determined by the economic and political factors typical … time, the military economy was to a certain extent influenced (at least conceptually) by the military …-political declarations and unfriendly intentions on the part of NATO and the USA, as well as by the requirements of military and military …

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The Risks of Nation-Building Through Military Aid and Intervention

Dimant, Eugen; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2022

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The risks of nation-building through military aid and intervention

Dimant, Eugen; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2022

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Voracity and growth reconsidered

Strulik, Holger (contributor) - 2008

This article investigates economic performance when enforceable property rights are missing and subsistence needs matter. It shows that if per capita income is sufficiently high, a windfall gain in productivity triggers behavior that leads to higher growth (the normal reaction). The same shock...

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The strategic euro laggards

Gregor, Martin (contributor) - 2008

A government applying for a club membership may strategically delay entry to cope with the hold-up problem introduced by anticipatory investments of the private sector. In equilibrium of a two-period incomplete information game, we find that a pro-entry government may strategically delay to...

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Ethnicity, assimilation and harassment in the labor market

Epstein, Gil S. (contributor); Gang, Ira N. (contributor) - 2008

We often observe minority ethnic groups at a disadvantage relative to the majority. Why is this and what can be done about it? Efforts made to assimilate, and time, are two elements working to bring the minority into line with the majority. A third element, the degree to which the majority...

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"Living" wage, class conflict and ethnic strife

Dasgupta, Indraneel (contributor) - 2008

We examine how group-specific differences in reservation wage, arising due to asymmetries in social entitlements, impact on distribution via the joint determination of class conflict between workers and employers, and ‘ethnic’ conflict among workers. We model a two-dimensional contest, where...

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