BIROn - Birkbeck Institutional Research Online

Centrality in trade networks and investment in security

Bove, V. and Elia, L. and Pelliccia, Marco (2016) Centrality in trade networks and investment in security. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 22 (1), pp. 27-39. ISSN 1079-2457.

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

The contemporary empirical literature on military spending has focused on institutional and conflict factors, and although has acknowledged the role of trade openness, it has not taken into account the position of a state in the trade network. Building on the concept of network centrality, we claim that the structure of trade networks affects the optimal investment in security, and that a country’s level of military spending is a function of its strategic position in the global network of a critical commodity, such as oil. Our empirical results show that network centrality constrains military spending.

Metadata

Item Type: Article
Keyword(s) / Subject(s): military spending, trade, network
School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School
Depositing User: Administrator
Date Deposited: 21 Jun 2016 11:14
Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:25
URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/15595

Statistics

6 month trend
0Downloads
6 month trend
421Hits

Additional statistics are available via IRStats2.

Archive Staff Only (login required)

Edit/View Item
Edit/View Item