What Can International Trade Theory Say About Conventional Arms Trade?

Charles Anderton

No 9601, Working Papers from College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics

Abstract: The motives for the arms trade have always involved economics and politics with shifting relative importance depending on the era. In spite of the body of arms trade research that has spanned a century and has clearly recognized the importance of economic motivations, there has been surpirsingly little application of international trade theory to the arms trade. Our approach is to offer an eclectic mix of trade models, each suited to a particular dimension of the arms trade.

Keywords: arms trade; international trade; cold war (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 1996-01
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Published in Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, Vol. 4:1-2, Fall, Winter 1996, pp. 7-30.

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