Small countries and the consolidation of the European defence industry: Portugal as a case study

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-319

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Defence industry; Efficiency; European consolidation; Malmquist index; Small country

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036698127     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690212359     Document Type: Article

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