Measuring defense conversion in Russian industry

TitleMeasuring defense conversion in Russian industry
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsEarle, J. S., and I. Komarov
Journal titleDefence and Peace Economics
Year2001
Pages103 - 144
Volume12
Issue2
Abstract

This paper develops and implements a methodology for quantifying defense conversion in Russian manufacturing in the early 1990s. A two-sector, three-good model is employed to analyze the flows of resources from military to nonmilitary uses and applied to firm-level survey data under alternative definitions of military production and the MIC. An aggregation framework is constructed to estimate the total quantity and change in Russian military production, the latter decomposed into intrafirm and intersectoral resource reallocation and overall industrial decline. Although there is evidence of substantial decline in military production, the data show little reallocation to productive civilian uses, neither within the MIC nor to other manufacturing sectors.

Languageeng
Notes

exported from refbase (http://www.bibliography.ceu.hu/show.php?record=1312), last updated on Fri, 29 May 2009 12:15:40 +0200

Publisher linkhttp://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=3&hid=107&sid=abc5855f-c437-4171-aea9-81b405aefffe%40sessionmgr2.asp] Publisher's URL
Unit: 
Department of Economics and Business