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Arms and the Man: The Costs and Benefits of Defense Expenditure

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  • Deepak Lal, 1995. "Arms and the Man: The Costs and Benefits of Defense Expenditure," UCLA Economics Working Papers 747, UCLA Department of Economics.
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