On the production of victory: Empirical determinants of battlefield success in modern war

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-192

  Rotte, Ralph ^a   Schmidt, Christoph M ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RWTH Aachen ^*

Author keywords

Battlefield success; Leadership; Military production function; Military technology; Numerical superiority; Technical progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037410177     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1024269022000000868     Document Type: Article

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