War and Politics
Analysis of Political Regimes, Military Spending, and Economic Growth
Published on 22. May 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
116 pages
978-3-8383-1511-9 (ISBN)
Description
This monograph is a collection of empirical and theoretical essays on the interplay between political regimes, military spending, and economic growth. Chapter 1 surveys the literature on political regimes, policies they choose and their economic consequences. Chapter 2 examines how democracy and conscription may affect the number of battlefield deaths and the value of a statistical life in military conflicts. Chapter 3 investigates how arms trade and military spending may affect economic growth. Chapter 4 examines the efficiency of political markets and factors influencing political polarization. Chapter 5 summarizes the findings and suggests the avenues for future research.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
191 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8383-1511-9 (9783838315119)
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Person
Pavel Yakovlev is a professor of economics at Duquesne Universityin Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Dr. Yakovlev's areas of concentration arepublic finance and international economics, but he has written ona wide variety of topics including political markets, subjectivewell-being, traffic fatalities, taxation, defense, and economicgrowth.