The Economics of Peace and Security Journal

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A publication by Economists for Peace and Security

Vol 4, No 1 - Symposia on Defense innovation | Conflict theory and micro-level analysis

January 2009

This issue contains two symposia, one on defense innovation and one on the economic of conflict, with a focus on theory and micro-level evidence. In the first, Renaud Bellais looks at defense innovation and venture capital, Sylvain Daffix and Yves Jacquin consider European defense R&D in a national innovation systems framework and Peter Hall and Andrew James consider defense innovation and industry structure in the U.K. In the second symposium, guest edited with an introduction by Philip Verwimp, Mansoob Murshed considers social contracts, greed, and grievance, Zulfan Tadjoeddin and Anis Chowdhury consider violence in Indonesia, Ana Maria Ibanez, looks at forced displacement in Colombia, and Steven Spittaels and Filip Hilgert use conflict mapping to analyze the situation in the Congo. In addition, in four stand-alone articles, Christopher Warburton considers war and exchange rate valuation, Steve Chan reviews the democratic peace thesis, Steve Townsend writes on petropolitics, and Ronan Bar-El, Kobi Kagan, and Asher Tishler examine issues of long and short term military planning.

Contents

Defense innovation at any (out of control) cost? The stalemate in today's R&D and an alternative modelBELLAIS, Renaud
Defense R&D and national R&D systems: a European outlookDAFFIX, Sylvain and Yves JACQUIN
Industry structure and innovation in the U.K defense sectorHALL, Peter and Andrew JAMES
Symposium. The economics of conflict: theory and micro-level evidence.VERWIMP, Philip
Conflict as the absence of contractMURSHED, S. Mansoob
Socioeconomic perspectives on violent conflict in IndonesiaTADJOEDDIN, M. Zulfan and Anis CHOWDHURY
Forced displacement in Colombia: magnitude and causesIBANEZ, Ana Maria
Are Congo's mines the main target of the armed groups on its soil?SPITTAELS, Steven and Filip HILGERT
War and exchange rate valuationWARBURTON, Christopher E.S.
The democratic peace proposition: an agenda for critical analysisCHAN, Steve
Friedman's First Law fail: oil prices do not predict freedomTOWNSEND, Steve
Short-term versus long-term military planningBAR-EL, Ronen, Kobi KAGAN, and Asher TISHLER



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