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Security As A Public, Private Or Club Good: Some Fundamental Considerations

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  • Hella Engerer

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Security is often defined as the absence of threats. However, security has far more aspects, reaching from security of nation states to health security. Baldwin (1997) formulated seven questions to narrow the (broad) concept of security. Along with Baldwin's questions, this paper analyses 'security' in the context of private, public, and club goods and their changing mixture. On the individual level, a shift from public provision to private protection can be observed, whereas the international challenge is to provide 'security' as a global public good with a fair and efficient financing for both rich and low-income countries.

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  • Hella Engerer, 2011. "Security As A Public, Private Or Club Good: Some Fundamental Considerations," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(2), pages 135-145.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:defpea:v:22:y:2011:i:2:p:135-145
    DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2011.542333
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    1. Olaf J. de Groot & Konstantinos Drakos & Cathérine Müller, 2011. "How Rational Is the Response of Individuals to the Threat of Terrorism in Europe?," EUSECON Policy Briefing 9, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    2. Garrett R. Wood, 2019. "Crowdfunding defense," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 180(3), pages 451-467, September.
    3. Wolfgang Bretschneider & Andreas Freytag & Johannes P. Rieckmann & Tim H. Stuchtey, 2022. "State or Private Security Supply? An Analysis from the Institutional Economics Perspective," Jena Economics Research Papers 2022-009, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
    4. Marcus Matthias Keupp, 2021. "Introduction: The Fundamental Economic Problem of the Military," Springer Books, in: Defense Economics, chapter 0, pages 1-21, Springer.
    5. HUSERAȘ Alin Teodor & BALTEȘ Nicolae, 2023. "Evaluation Of National Defense From An Economic Perspective," Revista Economica, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 75(2), pages 87-97, June.
    6. Olaf J. de Groot & Hella Engerer, 2011. "Who Bears Responsibility for the Provision of Security: The State or You?," EUSECON Policy Briefing 5, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.

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