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The Economics of Defence Policy : a New Perspective /

Defence policy is of continuing interest and concern to all nations. There are armed conflicts and new threats. Difficult choices cannot be avoided. This book has three aims. First, to identify the typical questions raised by economists when studying defence policy. Second, to show how simple econom...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hartley, Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Economics of Defence Policy A new perspective; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Economics and defence policy: an overview; 2 How do economists analyse defence?; 3 The case for defence; 4 Defence budgets; 5 The determinants of defence expenditure; 6 Economics, politics and public choice analysis; 7 Equipment procurement policy; 8 NATO and equipment standardisation; 9 The European Union: defence markets and industries; 10 The European Defence Technological and Industrial Base; 11 Evaluating international collaborative projects.
  • 12 The UK defence industrial base13 Personnel policy; 14 Economics of military outsourcing; 15 Economics of the new security environment: terrorism, conflict, disarmament and peace; 16 Conclusion; Questions; Notes; References; Index.