Chapter 28 The Econometrics of Military Arms Races

Handbook of Defense Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 913-940

  Dunne, J Paul ^a   Smith, Ron P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arms race; econometric methods; game theory; measures of military capability

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049148144     PISSN: 15740013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0013(06)02028-X     Document Type: Review

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