Analyzing the costs of military engagement

Olaf de Groot ()

Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 2012, vol. 7, issue 2, 41-49

Abstract: Analyzing governments’ expenditure when it comes to military engagement is a challenging task. As governments are neither transparent nor eager to come forward with the necessary information, researchers make a lot of assumptions that require extensive justification. This article details a range of relevant cost channels and describes the difficulties in estimating their respective sizes. But when worked-up in a careful and deliberate way, it is possible to obtain reasonable estimates of the budgetary effects of military engagements. Following the outlined methodology creates an opportunity to improve openness, which will benefit researchers, policymakers, and the public at large.

Keywords: Conflict; costs; military engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 H56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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