What Can International Trade Theory Say About Conventional Arms Trade?
Document Type
Working Paper
Date of This Version
1-1-1996
Keywords
arms trade, international trade, Cold War
Abstract
The motives for the arms trade have always involved economics and politics with shifting relative importance depending on the era. In spite of the body of arms trade research that has spanned a century and has clearly recognized the importance of economic motivations, there has been surpirsingly little application of international trade theory to the arms trade. Our approach is to offer an eclectic mix of trade models, each suited to a particular dimension of the arms trade.
Working Paper Number
9601
Recommended Citation
Anderton, Charles, "What Can International Trade Theory Say About Conventional Arms Trade?" (1996). Economics Department Working Papers. Paper 136.
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/econ_working_papers/136
Published Version
This article was published as: Anderton, C. (1996). What Can International Trade Theory Say About Conventional Arms Trade?. Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 4(1-2), pp.7-30.
Fulltext URL for Link
http://www.bepress.com/peps/vol4/iss1/