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Concentration in the International Arms Industry¤

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J Paul Dunne () (University of the West of England)
Maria Garcia Alonso (University of Kent)
Paul Levine (University of Surrey)
Ron Smith (Birkbeck College. University of London)

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Abstract

The end of the Cold War led to a large drop in world military expenditure, rising fixed costs of developing weapons because of technological changes and a reduction of national preference for domestic weapons. Alongside these developments has been an increase in concentration in the world arms industry, which at the end of the Cold War had been very unconcentrated with concentration ratios close to the Sutton lower bound. This paper provides an empirical and theoretical analysis of this process. It examines the dynamics of the evolution of concentration and then shows that a trade model with optimal procurement decisions can capture the main features of this empirical analysis.

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Paper provided by University of the West of England, Department of Economics in its series Discussion Papers with number 0301.

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Keywords: market structure; arms industry; procurement;

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F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies
H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General

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  1. Maria Garcia-Alonso & Paul Levine, 2004. "Strategic Procurement, Openness and Market Structure," Department of Economics Discussion Papers 0904, Department of Economics, University of Surrey. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Paul Dunne & Maria del Carmen Garcia-Alonso & Paul Levine & Ron Smith, 2005. "Military Procurement, Industry Structure and Regional Conflict," Studies in Economics 0502, Department of Economics, University of Kent. [Downloadable!]
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