Military Expenditure Comparisons

Hans-Christian Cars and Jacques Fontanel ()
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Jacques Fontanel: CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble

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Abstract: One problem in the negotiation and verification of any possible international agreement on the reduction of military expenditure is the difficulty of determining common definitions and methods of evaluation and comparison. Various alternative methods of comparison are discussed and the work of a United Nations group dealing with these matters, including particularly the purchasing power parity method, is reviewed. It is concluded, that, given political will and reasonable availability of adequate and relevant information, the construction of useful instruments for international and chronological comparisons of military expenditure is feasible.

Keywords: inter temporal comparisons; international comparisons; Military expenditures; Dépenses militaires; comparaisons inter temporelles; comparaisons internationales (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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Published in Peace, Defence and Economic Analysis, MacMillan, 1987

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