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Competition and UK Defence Policy
Author(s) -
Hartley Keith
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1984.tb00462.x
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , government (linguistics) , economics , competition policy , public policy , public economics , industrial organization , business , market economy , monopoly , economic growth , ecology , biology , philosophy , linguistics
Defence is a ‘public good’ that economists (until recently) have regarded as necessarily supplied by government. But it can use the market to maximise efficiency and minimise costs. Dr Hartley shows how, and with what results.