Economic Aspects of Armed Conflict, War, and Peace
[updated by jb: 2 August 2010]

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- Brauer, J. and H. van Tuyll. 2008. Castles, Battles, and Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press [Chapter 8]

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- Collier, P. 2006. Royal Economic Society Annual Lecture [video] [here]

- Cooper, N. 2006. “Peaceful Warriors and Warring Peacemakers.” The Economics of Peace and Security Journal 1(1):20-24. [here]

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