Arms trade, security and conflict / / edited by Paul Levine and Ron Smith

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 382/.45355
• Soggetto topico: Arms transfers; Defense industries; National security
• Classificazione: 89.77
• Altri autori: LevinePaul <1944-> SmithRon <1944->
• Note generali: This conference volume contains a set of papers given at the June 1999 conference at Middlesex University Business School on the arms trade security and conflict.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The economics of UK arms exports; 3 Potential and actual arms production: implications for the arms trade debate; 4 Export controls, market structure and international coordination; 5 Arms export controls and emerging domestic producers; 6 The supply-side implications of the arms trade: UK aerospace industry, economic adjustment and the end of the ColdWar; 7 New challenges to arms export control: whitherWassenaar?; 8 Rational wars with incomplete information; 9 Alliance formation, expansion and the core ; 10 The determinants of US military expenditures in the context of arms race11 Arms race models and econometric applications; 12 Demand for space expenditure and the space race between NATO and the USSR: an econometric analysis; 13 Arms trade, arms control and security: collective action issues; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Arms Industry is an area that is of huge concern to many people around the world. The economics of this hugely important industry are a vital strand that needs to be understood. This volume brings together contributors from all over the globe, such as Todd Sandler and Keith Hartley, and focuses on the important issues surrounding the Arms Trade such as:*the determinants of US military expenditure*alliance formation and expansion*new challenges to export controlsThis well-rounded, comprehensive book will be of huge interest to students and academics involved in the econo
• Titolo autorizzato: Arms trade, security and conflict
• ISBN: 1-134-40156-6; 0-429-23280-2; 1-138-81102-5; 1-280-29171-0; 9786610291717; 0-203-47716-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827267103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in defence economics (Chur, Switzerland) ; ; v. 5.