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Do institutional quality and military expenditure of G20 countries affect green investments?
Energy & Environment, 2023With the increase in awareness of environmental issues, companies and governments try to review their environmental policies. One of the most important policies for protecting the environment is the use of energy sources, which cause less or no harm to the environment. In this study, we examine the effect of institutional quality and the components of
Furkan Demirtaş +5 more
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Military expenditure and investment in OECD countries, 1954–1973
Journal of Comparative Economics, 1980This paper, using data for 14 large OECD countries between 1954 and 1973, tests the hypothesis that reduced investment has been a major opportunity cost of military expenditure in the postwar period. The share of investment in potential output is made a function of the share of military expenditure, growth rate, and demand pressure.
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Non-Military Justification for Investments in Military Technologies
1989It is sometimes assumed that non-military justifications play a part in the choice of the military technologies in which a country will invest. Such justifications, however, play no part in decisions on military technologies — or defence Research and Development (R and D) — on the part of countries which have a potential adversary, are ultimately ...
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Non-Military Justifications for Investment in Military R and D
1989The connection between military-oriented and civilian technology (and scientific) research dates back a long time, but only recently has world-wide attention been paid to it. There are two reasons for this. The first is the large proportion of public funds invested in military research, 70–90 billion dollars a year on a world-wide scale (of which 85 ...
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Investment or Overkill: Should Military Child Development Centers Be Accredted?
Armed Forces & Society, 1996This study examines whether accreditation of military child development centers (CDCs) pays off in a context of rigorous quality standards and aggressive compliance monitoring under the Military Child Care Act (MCCA) of 1989. To collect information about the value of accreditation, we reviewed accreditation standards and inspection documents, fielded ...
Anne S. Johansen, Gail L. Zellman
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Factors influencing the modernization of military-investment economic appraisal systems
Defence and Peace Economics, 2013Budgetary restrictions resulting from the present international economic crisis have tightened the need to improve efficiency in defense spending, leading to the armed forces having to undertake their duties with fewer resources. Previous reports on the subject have looked into the determining factors and effects of military spending but very few ...
Rodrigo Iván Ortúzar Maturana +3 more
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DoD Profit Policy and Capital Investment in the Military Aircraft Industry
1990Abstract : The purpose of this research was to conduct an economic analysis of a selected set of contractors in the military aircraft manufacturing industry. Specifically, two questions were addressed: (1) Are changes in the progress payment rate inversely related to changes in the firms' capital/labor ratios?
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Memory as a Battlefield: Personal and Political Investments in the National Military Past
The Oral History Review, 1995For the past decade I have been researching Australian memories of the First World War, exploring the memories of war veterans, the national popular legend of "Anzac" (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps), and the relationship between individual memories and national legend.
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A bayesian approach to evaluating military investments in product improvement and testing
Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1977AbstractTwo issues of frequent importance in new product development are product improvement and reliability testing. A question often faced by the developer is: Should the product be distributed in its present state, or should it be improved further and/or tested before distribution?
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What price cold war? Military spending and private investment in the US, 1946–1979
, 1990Over the long haul U.S. military spending, 1946-79, came at the sacrifice of non-durable consumption expenditures, not investment expenditures. This conclusion is based on an examination of trends in the GNP shares of consumption, investment, government ...
M. Edelstein
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