The arms trade game: From laissez-faire to a common defence policy

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 357-380

  Levine, Paul ^a   Smith, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMS TRADE; FREE TRADE; SECURITY THREAT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0034107004     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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