Citation

Maneval H. Def. Peace Econ. 1994; 5(3): 221-246.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10430719408404794

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This survey article deals with defence spending in West Germany from 1960 on, and the resulting manpower levels and major weapons of the Federal Armed forces, focusing on macro-economic aspects. Statistics compiled from a variety of published and unpublished sources are presented in 16 tables. An econometric defence-spending function is derived for the period. For comparison, the equivalent data of East Germany from the last years is also presented. The small set of developments in the next few years that can be predicted firmly are discussed.