SDI, NATO, and the Social Composition Function

Ghislain Dutheil de la Roch�re, Jean-Michel Josselin and Yvon Rocaboy

Defence and Peace Economics, 2014, vol. 25, issue 2, 85-95

Abstract: The strategic defense initiative (SDI) intends to renew the leadership of the USA on the western alliance. The initiative takes place in a period when a summation technology prevails for the aggregation of contributions of NATO allies. We investigate if SDI induces a shift in Hirshleifer's social composition function. Panel data tests over the period 1970-1990 do not confirm any break toward a best-shot aggregator. SDI does not alter the core of deterrence. It is indeed a public good at the US level but not at the NATO level, where, it is one of the joint products of the alliance. We also investigate the lessons to be drawn for the current debates on ballistic defense.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2013.774772

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