Prices, the military revolution, and western Europe's comparative advantage in violence

Economic History Review

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 39-59

  Hoffman, Philip T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMED FORCES; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; PRODUCTIVITY; VIOLENCE;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 78650761222     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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