Despite the proliferation of studies on the impact of military spending on economic growth, it is still not known whether defense spending hinders or promotes growth. Most analysts attribute the lack of consistent/robust findings to three problems: the lack of a sound theory of defense-growth...

While the literature has documented negative effects of conflict on educational outcomes, there is little evidence on the effect of conflict termination. We show how the permanent ceasefire declared by FARC's insurgency during peace negotiations with the Colombian government caused a...

Increasingly it is recognised that regimes in transitions can promote niches rather than resist them. Using a combination of the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) and institutional theory, this paper contributes to the transitions literature on multiple regime interactions, by providing a more...

Protecting the organization requires integrating multiple disciplines into a single defense framework. The delivery of sustainable stakeholder value in the 21st century requires internal auditors to focus on both value creation (offense) and value preservation (defense). While internal audit's...

This paper starts a conversation on the value of New Zealand's human capital stock. It adopts a definition of human capital as "an individual's skills, knowledge, mental and physical health that enable them to participate fully in work, study, recreation, and in society more broadly".

This discussion paper adds to the set of Living Standards Discussion Papers released in February 2018. Compared to the capitals covered in the February papers - human, natural and social - financial/physical capital is relatively more straight-forward given existing measurement frameworks such...

Using a sample of over 500 brands and 150,000 WOM conversations, this study demonstrates that brand characteristics influence a WOM recipients' purchase intentions. These findings are integrated alongside previous research that focuses on how brand characteristics influence the quantity of WOM...

The emergence of anti-democratic movements is a central puzzle to social science. We study a novel and rich dataset covering Swedish municipalities during the interwar years and find a strong link between the presence of a military garrison and the emergence of fascist parties. We interpret...

Reviews the prominent works in recent years on the relative merits of total nuclear disarmament, and argue that while nuclear weapons have not become irrelevant, they have become less relevant as a result of the processes of globalization

Empirical results suggest that lower military spending in the late 1980s - plus further cuts in military spending should global peace be secured - could produce a substantial long-term peace dividend in higher capacity output.Conventional wisdom suggests that reducing military spending may...

The purpose of this study is to test the relationship between GDR Conversion in the Egyptian Stock Market and the USD Exchange Rate. Our study is mainly motivated by the paucity of similar studies in context of MENA capital markets and in most other emerging markets.Lately, a problem aroused in...

The purpose of this study is to test the relationship between GDR Conversion in the Egyptian Stock Market and the USD/EGP Exchange Rate. Our study is mainly motivated by the paucity of similar studies in context of MENA capital markets and in most other emerging markets.Lately a problem aroused...

The Interference of liberal principles and the reintroduction of a market economy have changed the structure and the organization of the productive system of centrally planned and administered countries (NOVE, 1981; ANDREFF, 2007). The new forms of industrial organization, which are the source of...

Over the last decade, the defense industry has obtained relevance on Brazilian public policies. Departing from the premise that the success of this process requires not only that the Armed Forces have modern equipment and skilled military to operate them, but also that the country retains the...

Departmental statistics of growth in production in the defense sector is highly distorted by liberalization of requirements to fulfillment of the state defense order on the part of the Ministry of Defense and the Military Industrial Commission. Despite the international sanctions, in 2015 the...

To a big extent the Russian defense policy and, as a consequence, development of the Russian defense industrial complex, is determined by the prospects of the US missile defense policy and fate of the US-Russia negotiations in this area. As a cooperative solution seems improbable in the...

This paper examines the determinants of national defence budgets in the post-Cold War era using a spatial econometric framework. Using data for 124 countries over a 16 year time period, I examine spatial relationships in defence spending to investigate how countries account for the military...

Indicators of output growth in the defense sector have lagged far behind the target figures. Growth in public investment rates is overtaking growth in output, thereby causing abnormal growth in prices of defense industry products and upsurge in corruption. Meeting the President's requirements on...

Paper prepared for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Human Development Report 1992. The reduction in tension between the superpowers offers the opportunity to release funds, a peace dividend that could be put to constructive use. This paper considers whether this opportunity, as...

Rugby union only went professional in 1995, much later than other major team sports resulting in major changes in league structures. Different arrangements regarding revenue sharing and salary caps between the three main European rugby leagues provides an opportunity to test the impact of such...

We construct a trade-theoretic model for three open economies two of which are in conflict with each other and the third is the source of foreign investments to the two warring countries. War efforts -- which involve the use of soldiers -- is determined endogenously. The purpose of war is the...

Für viele Gemeinden in peripheren ländlichen Räumen war das Militär die einzige wirtschaftliche Konstante. Daher wurde der Truppenabbau als Katastrophe betrachtet. Die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung wurde überschätzt, Chancen durch die Konversion wurden nicht gesehen. Kleine...

Die im Jahr 2011 eingeleitete Neuausrichtung der Bundeswehr beinhaltet nicht nur eine Verkleinerung der Streitkräfte und die Aussetzung der Grundwehrpflicht, sondern sie umfasst vor allem auch umfangreiche Standortschließungen. Die betroffenen Gemeinden sehen sich nicht nur mit den...

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About the Authors -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I - Leadership Is...Inspiring -- Chapter 1 - A Dozen (Or So) Things I Think I've Learned About Leadership By Marla Salmon -- Chapter 2 - Nursing, Your Time Has Come! By Vernice Ferguson --...

Questions about current and prior religion adherence from the International Social Survey Program and the World Values Survey allow us to calculate country-level religious-conversion rates for 40 countries. These conversion rates apply to religion adherence classified into eight major types. In...

Questions about current and prior religion adherence from the International Social Survey Program and the World Values Survey allow us to calculate country-level religious-conversion rates for 40 countries. These conversion rates apply to religion adherence classified into eight major types. In...

Although conventional wisdom suggests that reducing military spending may improve a country`s economic growth performance, empirical studies have produced ambiguous results. This paper extends a standard growth model and estimates it using techniques that exploit both cross-section and...

The end of the Cold War has ushered in significant changes in worldwide military spending. This paper finds that the easing of (1) international tensions, (2) regional tensions, and (3) the existence of IMF-supported programs are related to lower military spending and a higher share of...

This article seeks to understand contractual rights through an examination of the possible ‘property' content in contracts in the context of the inducement tort and conversion. It argues that, contrary to popular perception, contracts and property are different shades of a similar phenomenon....