This paper investigates the expansion of EU military activities, involving the European Commission, other EU-related institutions and Member States. Expenditure on EU military programmes - defence-related R&D, arms production, joint procurement, military mobility, and the supply of lethal...

Verteidigungsökonomen untersuchen schon lange, welche Faktoren die Nachfrage nach Verteidigungsausgaben bestimmen1 und was den Handel mit Rüstungsgütern beeinflusst.2 Die Angebotsseite fand hierbei bestenfalls auf Länderebene oder in theoretischen Modellen Beachtung.3 Eine neue Studie auf...

Using long-run trend data for US tactical and bomber aircraft, Norman Augustine’s Law 16 famously suggests continuously rising US armament unit costs. By the year 2054, the country’s entire defence budget would be expended on a single aircraft, which an industry colleague dubbed as the...