SDI, NATO, and the Social Composition Function

Ghislain Dutheil de La Rochère, Jean-Michel Josselin () and Yvon Rocaboy
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Ghislain Dutheil de La Rochère: CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Jean-Michel Josselin: CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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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.

Keywords: International public goods; social composition function; international organizations; alliances; best-shot; NATO (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Published in Defence and Peace Economics, 2013, 25 (2), pp.85-95. ⟨10.1080/10242694.2013.774772⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2013.774772

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