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| Title: |
Services and wealth measures of military capital |
| Author: |
Hildebrandt, Gregory G. |
| Appeared in: |
Defence & peace economics |
| Paging: | Volume 1 (1990) nr. 2 pages 159-176 |
| Year: |
1990-02 |
| Contents: |
This paper develops a methodology for measuring the capital value of military assets in monetary terms. We distinguish between two military capital measures. One measure, called the value of military capital (services) summarizes the value of military defense assets during a particular year. A comparison of the capital-services value of U.S. and Soviet tactical combat aircraft is provided for the period 1970-1984. One feature of the capital-services measure that makes it particularly interesting is that its size can be compared with such military expenditures as operating and support. While these latter expenditures reflect the readiness of a defense establishment, the relevant capital-services measure reflects force structure and modernization. A second measure, called the value of military capital (wealth), summarizes the military benefits obtained from defense assets over the remainder of their service lives. This measure depreciates the capital as it ages, and is useful for comparing military wealth with other types of wealth in the economy. We provide this measure for the U.S. military capital stock for 1925-1984. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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