Methodologies for Estimating and Comparing Soviet Defense Expenditures.

Abstract

This study examines the environment of the current estimation methodologies and their implications to the decision making process. This included both the objective estimates of Soviet defense spending and the policy issues involved when comparing this expenditure with that of the U.S. A secondary method of comparison, involving production functions relationship, is also developed. Comparisons based on these production-theoretic indices can provide useful information concerning the resource implications of defense spending. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA106524

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  • Robert Allan Walker

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Cost Analysis
  • Defense Planning
  • Economic Analysis
  • Employment
  • Investments
  • Market Economy
  • Military Budgets
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Political Systems
  • Recreation
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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