Increasing returns to scale and the arms race: The end of the Richardson paradigm?

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-54

  Brito, Dagobert L ^a   Intriligator, Michael D ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arms control; Arms races; Increasing returns to scale; Information; Richardson model of the arms race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002132778     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10430719908404915     Document Type: Article

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