Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy

Published by De Gruyter

Volume 11 Issue 1

May 2005

Issue of Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy

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Journal Overview

Research Paper

May 20, 2005

Lost Productivity and Defense Burden of the Southern Cone of Latin America: A Page from History

Kanta Marwah, Lawrence R. Klein

Page range: 1-28

Abstract

An attempt is made to measure the loss of productivity and growth due to excessive military expenditures of five countries in the Southern Cone of Latin America during the 1970's and 1980's. These countries are Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Peru. A transcendental production function that incorporates a ratio of military expenditures to GDP as a separate input factor is estimated for each country. The elasticity coefficients demonstrate a significant trade-off between military and nonmilitary spending from the supply side. For every one percentage aggregate growth point, growth of military share saps 0.048 in Argentina, 0.013 in Bolivia, 0.043 in Chile, 0.173 in Paraguay, and 0.071 in Peru. A counterfactual new scenario is simulated by reducing military shares of GDP to one percent. The results show that these five countries lost on an average 1.5 percent of growth due to excessive defense burden during 1971-1991.

May 20, 2005

Industry-Services Complex Analysis for Poverty Region Development (Realistic Development Theory for Regions Emerging from Poverty)

Walter Isard

Page range: 29-60

May 20, 2005

Poverty Line in North Korea

Sung Hun Han

Page range: 61-95

May 20, 2005

Report on Critical Dimensions and Problems of the North Korean Situation (1995 - 2004)

Sung Hun Han

Page range: 96-139

About this journal

Objective
The main objectives of Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy (PEPS) are:
- to further research in Peace Science and Peace Economics,
- to expose the scholarly community to innovative peace-related research,
- to disseminate the study of peace economics to a wider audience.

PEPS accepts both theoretical and empirical contributions to the fields of Peace Economics and Peace Science. In line with Peace Science tradition, PEPS welcomes contributions from an interdisciplinary community of scholars from a variety of disciplines including economics, political science, regional science, mathematics, and history, among others.

Given the fact that the journal is online, authors are not asked to limit themselves to a set word or page count for full-length papers. In order to improve scientific communication within the field of Peace Science and Peace Economics, the journal also publishes “Letters,” to provide accounts of new original research. Letters generally do not exceed 2,500 words in length, exclusive of equations, graphs, and figures. Letters can concern either theoretical or applied work, and will be subject to the peer-review process.

Topics
The journal publishes papers covering a wide range of topics with the common theme of peace and conflict analysis, including:

Military expenditures (determinants and impact)
Arms Trade and Military industry
Alliances and games
Game and related theory
Contest theory
General equilibrium models of conflict and conflict management
Economic policies to cope with actual and potential conflicts
Peacekeeping
Economic policies for peacebuilding
Mathematical approaches to conflict management
Mathematical models of arms races and wars
Studies on the causes of wars and political violence
The impact of conflicts and violence on welfare
Arms control, government spending and International Security
Trade disputes, Trade wars and international economic sanctions

Article formats
PEPS publishes both full-length papers and shorter “Letters.”　

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