Weaponomics : The Global Market For Assault Rifles

Weaponomics : The Global Market For Assault Rifles / Killicoat, Phillip

This paper introduces the first effort to quantitatively document the small arms market by collating field reports and journalist accounts to produce a cross-country time-series price index of Kalashnikov assault rifles. A model of the small arms market is developed and empirically estimated to iden...

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Main Authors:Killicoat, Phillip
Format: Online-Resource
Language:English
Published:Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2007
Subjects:
Access to Markets
Black Market
Commodity Prices
Conflict and Development
Demand
Economic Theory and Research
Emerging Markets
Factor Prices
International Economics & Trade
International Trade
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
Market
Market Conditions
Markets
Markets and Market Access
Peace and Peacekeeping
Post Conflict Reconstruction
Price
Price Index
Price Variation
Prices
Private Sector Development
Production
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Summary:This paper introduces the first effort to quantitatively document the small arms market by collating field reports and journalist accounts to produce a cross-country time-series price index of Kalashnikov assault rifles. A model of the small arms market is developed and empirically estimated to identify the key determinants of assault rifle prices. Variables which proxy the effective height of trade barriers for illicit trade are consistently significant in determining weapon price variation. When controlling for other factors, the collapse of the Soviet Union does not have as large an impact on weapon prices as is generally believed
Item Description:Weitere Ausgabe: Killicoat, Phillip: Weaponomics
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (23 Seiten)

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