The structure of the defense industry and the security needs of the country: A differentiated products model

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 397-419

  Mantin, Benny ^a   Tishler, Asher ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Defense industry; Industry profits; Net defense cost; Security levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 4744345399     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1024269042000219323     Document Type: Article

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