Arms reduction : economic implications in the post-Cold War era / edited by Lawrence R. Klein, Fu-chen Lo, and Warwick J. McKibbin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Klein, Lawrence R. (Lawrence Robert), 1920-2013.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disarmament--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Disarmament.

Disarmament--Economic aspects.

Arms control--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Arms control.

Armed Forces--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Armed Forces.

Economic conversion--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Economic conversion.

Congresses and conventions.

Armed Forces--Economic aspects.

Arms control--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

vii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 1995.

Summary:

This book examines world trends in military spending, exploring possible arms reduction scenarios and considering their impacts on the world economy, with particular emphasis on Third World countries.

Contents:

An overview / Warwick J. McKibbin

Military expenditure and arms trade : trends and prospects / Saadet Deger

Comments on chapter 2 / Daniel P. Hewitt

Trends in world arms trade and spending and their implications / Daniel Gallik

Comments on chapter 3 / Somnath Sen, Shinichi Ichimura

Military spending in developing countries and official development assistance / Paul Armington and Jalaleddin Jalali

The economics of arms reduction / Lawrence R. Klein

Defence reductions in the United States in the 1990s / Murray Weidenbaum

Comments on chapter 6 / Takashi Inoguchi, Jean-Claude Berthélemy

The impact on the world economy of reductions in military expenditures and military arms exports / Warwick J. McKibbin and Stephan Thurman

Economic consequences of lower military spending: some simulation results / Tamim Bayoumi, Daniel P. Hewitt, and Jerald Schiff

Comments on chapter 8 / Kimio Uno, Sanjay Pradhan

Some macroeconomic aspects of reductions in military expenditure / Simon Cunningham and Kenneth G. Ruffing

Comments on chapter 9 / Akira Onishi

A new international order and its implications for arms reductions / Robert S. McNamara

Enhancing peace and development: foreign aid and military expenditure in developing countries / Nicole Ball

Comments on chapter 11 / Raimo Väyrynen, Zhu Manli

Economic incentives for demilitarization / Somnath Sen

Comments on chapter 12 / Mihály Simai

Arms reduction in the Middle East: between credibility and illusion / Amin Hewedy

Comments on chapter 13 / Susumu Ishida

Japan's ODA policies for a peace initiative / Takao Kawakami.

Notes:

"Based on the proceedings of the 1992 Tokyo Conference on 'Arms Reduction and Economic Development in the Post-Cold War Era' - the second in a series of UNU conferences on Future Global Change and Modelling"--Note to the reader.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9280808818

OCLC:

32731238