Essays about: "Defense Spending"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Defense Spending.

  1. 1. Contract Models for Increased Total Value Creation in Combat Aircraft Programs : A Case Study of Saab AB Aeronautics and FMV

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Daniel Ingeson; Jonas Englund; [2023]
    Keywords : contract models; complex projects; defence projects; combat aircraft programs; defence industry; value creation; co-creation of value;

    Abstract : Combat aircraft programs between a manufacturer and government are critical for both parties, asit involves significant costs, lengthy development times, and high risks. If successful, suchprograms can result in improved defense capabilities for the government and financial gains forthe manufacturer. READ MORE

  3. 2. Corruption and Public Expenditure : Does corruption divert public spending from social to military sector?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Munnu Tomy Kallany; [2022]
    Keywords : Corruption; Military Spending; Social Spending; Healthcare Spending; Education Spending; Public Expenditure; Rent-seeking; Collective Action Problem;

    Abstract : Corruption, militarism, and conflict are bedfellows, and their coexistence feeds a vicious circle of violence and instability. Every dollar spent on the military is a dollar not spent on welfare-generating services such as education and healthcare. READ MORE

  4. 3. Military Conscription and Local Crime

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Simon Norrman; Malcolm Thunberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Crime; Conscription; Defense Spending; Demography;

    Abstract : The defence bill passed by the Swedish parliament in 2020 instigates a continued expansion of the Swedish Armed Forces and an increase in the number of military conscripts for the coming years. The bill includes an expansion of military conscription, a compulsory enlistment dominated by young men. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bevarande av orangutangen : en studie av de största hoten mot arternas överlevnad

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Johanna Dahl; [2018]
    Keywords : orangutang; bevarande; regnskogsskövling; palmolja; tjuvjakt;

    Abstract : Orangutanger är endemiskt förekommande på öarna Borneo och Sumatra i Malaysia och Indonesien. Det finns tre arter: Sumatraorangutangen (Pongo abelii), Borneoorangutangen (Pongo pygmaeus) och den nyupptäckta Tapanuliorangutangen (Pongo tapanuliensis). READ MORE

  6. 5. The controversies of destructive spending: Arms production and growth in the post-Cold War era

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Athina Swahn; Anja Tuneld; [2018]
    Keywords : Arms trade; Beyond GDP; Defense spending; Economic growth; Military expenditure;

    Abstract : Critics of the GDP measure are claiming that it fails to capture the true well-being of a country and demand that alternative measures be developed. To determine how the destructive spending on arms should enter a new measure, an understanding of its effects on GDP is required. READ MORE