TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1984//
TI  - Opportunity Costs of Defence: A Comment on Dabelko and McCormick
JO  - Journal of peace research
A1  - Lyttkens, Carl Hampus
A1  - Vedovato, Claudio
SP  - 389
EP  - 394
VL  - 21
IS  - 4
N2  - A critical appraisal is made of an article in this journal by Dabelko and McCormick. In the article, the authors try to estimate the opportunity cost of defence. With simple tools from economic analysis it is shown that their methodological approach reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of this important and useful concept. In the final section, some difficulties encountered when attempting a correct empirical analysis of opportunity costs are briefly discussed, and some of the important factors to consider are pointed out.<p /> 
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SN  - 0022-3433
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002234338402100406
ID  - ref1
ER  -