This paper summarizes the effects of defense and aerospace spending on capital formation, technical progress, employment, inflation and international trade, based on the available literature.

This paper examines how military spending and spending on military research and development has affected macroeconomic productivity growth as part of an international comparison. Data from 14 OECD countries were used for the period 1961-1985.

The present analysis addresses the problems associated with technology transfer from the defense and space sectors. On this basis, the demand effects and spin-off effects in selected sectors are examined. The findings suggest that a significant...

The author examines the extent to which COCOM is hampering the intensification of trade between East and West, and which changes to the existing export control system appear appropriate to remove barriers to trade without neglecting Western security...

The author examines whether the institutional framework in the United States is more likely to promote or inhibit additional civilian benefits from American defense spending. It is analyzed how military procurement influences the conversion ability...

An attempt is made to describe the relevant regulatory framework for domestic and foreign investors, which is subject to constant change, in the Central and Eastern European transition countries: Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Hungary....

Against the background of the accelerated economic decline of the Soviet Union in the 1980s, the importance of the military-industrial complex in the Soviet economy is examined. It is discussed under which regulatory framework a market-oriented...