The benefits and costs of the UK arms trade

Keith Hartley

Defence and Peace Economics, 2000, vol. 11, issue 3, 445-459

Abstract: A benefit-cost framework and the associated evidence is used to evaluate UK arms exports. Two issues are examined in detail. First, trade externalities; and second, a case study of the problems and costs of maintaining the UK submarine industrial base without exports.

Keywords: UK arms exports; Benefits and costs; Trade externalities; UK submarine industrial base (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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