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Defence and Peace Economics is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Defense, Military, and Policy Studies, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Economic Growth and Productivity. Over its lifetime it has published 1,406 papers, which have received 25,403 citations.
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Chicago, T&F) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Defence and Peace Economics 12 (3): 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Defense, Military, and Policy Studies Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economic Growth and Productivity Political Conflict and Governance Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence |
| ISSN | 1024-2694 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 1.66 |
| h-index | 71 |
| i10-index | 597 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of York |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com |
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This paper reviews some of the theoretical and econometric issues involved in estimating growth models that include military spending. While the mainstream growth literature has not found military expenditure to be a significant determinant of growth, much of the defence economics literature has found significant effects. The paper argues that this is largely the product…
Deterrence has been a crucial element in fighting terrorism, both in actual politics and rational choice analyses of terrorism. But there are superior strategies to deterrence. One is to make terrorist attacks less attractive. Another to raise the opportunity cost - rather than the material cost - to terrorists. These alternative strategies effectively dissuade potential…
This paper analyses the dynamic impact of geopolitical risks (GPRs) on real oil returns for the period February 1974 to August 2017, using a time-varying parameter structural vector autoregressive (TVP-SVAR) model. Besides the two variables of concern, the model also includes growth in world oil production, global economic activity (to capture oil-demand), and world stock…
Defence expenditures have both costs and benefits to the economy. The costs of defence expenditures are mainly emphasized as opportunity costs. On the other hand, defence spending may have growth‐promoting potential benefits: a rise in defence spending may result in a higher aggregate demand, production and employment. This paper examines empirically the effects of military…