Drafting the competition: Labor unions and military conscription

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-202

  Anderson, Gary M ^a   Halcoussis, Dennis ^a   Tollison, Robert D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interest group theory of government; Military conscription

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942678241     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10430719608404852     Document Type: Article

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