Capital Destruction, Optimal Defense and Economic Growth

Borradores de Economia
Número: 
257
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
D23, D74, E21, O41
Palabras clave: 
capital accumulation, deterrence, capital destruction and economic growth.

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