Arms Trade, Security and Conflict

The arms industry is an area that is of huge concern to many people around the world. The economics of this highly important industry are a vital strand that needs to be understood.
This volume brings together contributors from all over the globe, such as Todd Sandler and Keith Hartley, and focuses on the important issues surrounding the arms trade such as:
*the determinants of US military expenditure
*alliance formation and expansion
*new challenges to export controls
This well-rounded, comprehensive book will be of great interest to students and academics involved in the economics of defence, as well as more general studies of the defence industry. The book will also be an invaluable read for those with an interest in the arms industry such as policy-makers and corporate managers.

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Table of contents : 1. Paul Levine and Ron Smith Editorial Introduction
Part I Arms Exports and Arms Production
2. Keith Hartley and Stephen Martin The Economics of Arms Exports
3. Jurgen Brauer Potential and Actual Arms Production: Implications for the Arms Trade Debate
4. Maria del Carmen Garcia-Alonso and Keith Hartley Export Controls International, Market Structure and International Coordination
5. Paul Levine, Fotis Mouzakis and Ron Smith Arms Export Controls and Emerging Domestic Producers
6. Ian Jackson The Supply Side Implications of the Arms Trade
7. Ron Smith and Bernard Udis New Challenges to Arms Export Control
Part II Wars, Alliances and Arms Races
8. Paul Levine and Francisco Moraiz Rational Wars with Imperfect Competition
9. Todd Sandler Alliance Formation, Alliance Expansion and the Core
10. Sylvie Mattely Arms Races and Economic Competition
11. Ron Smith, Paul Dunne and Eftychia Nicolaidou The Econometrics of Arms Races
12. Vasilis Zervos Government Demand for Military and Space Expenditure
Part III Overview
13. Todd Sandler Arms Trade, Arms Control and Security: Collective Action Issues