Keith Hartley
Email: kh2@york.ac.uk
Keith Hartley was Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Defence Economics at the University of York, England where he is now Emeritus Professor. He was founding Editor of the journal Defence and Peace Economics and has been consultant to the UN, European Commission, European Defence Agency, the UK Ministry of Defence, Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and the Parliamentary Defence Committee. His recent book is The Economics of Defence Policy, Routledge, London, 2010.
Papers Published in World Economics:
Defence R&D Spending
A nation’s defence R&D determines the international competitiveness of its defence industries and the technical superiority of its military forces. Whilst there is much secrecy, there are published data on defence R&D for many nations. Exceptions include China, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and Russia. Defence R&D has led to rising unit costs of equipment and questions about the long-run affordability of some weapons. There are also external economic benefits but a lack of any measures of defence output. This article reviews what is known, what is not known and what is needed to be known for an informed debate and policy choices.
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