The economic costs of the German participation in the Afghanistan war

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 793-805

  Brück, Tilman ^a   de Groot, Olaf J ^a   Schneider, Friedrich ^a  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; costs of conflict; Germany; public expenditure; war finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255176990     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343311419544     Document Type: Article

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