Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?: Military Procurement and Technology Development

Author:   Vernon W. Ruttan (Regents Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Economics, Regents Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Economics, University of Minnesota (Emeritus))
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Pages:   232
Publication Date:   26 January 2006
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Author:   Vernon W. Ruttan (Regents Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Economics, Regents Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Economics, University of Minnesota (Emeritus))
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.30cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780195188042


ISBN 10:   0195188047
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   26 January 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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We owe Ruttan a debt of gratitude for demonstrating yet again the importance of public sector support in the development of many major technologies. --Journal of Economic Literature We owe Ruttan a debt of gratitude for demonstrating yet again the importance of public sector support in the development of many major technologies. --Journal of Economic Literature A persuasive writer,...[Ruttan] draws excellent parallels between the items of his study, particularly in the critical role military funding plays in private-firm research...[and] helps to illuminate the military's role in technological procurement. It should interest any scholar of military technological development. --Paul J. Springer, Ph.D., West Point


We owe Ruttan a debt of gratitude for demonstrating yet again the importance of public sector support in the development of many major technologies. Journal of Economic Literature


We owe Ruttan a debt of gratitude for demonstrating yet again the importance of public sector support in the development of many major technologies. --Journal of Economic Literature<br>


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Vernon W. Ruttan is Regents Professor Emeritus in the Department of Applied Economics and Adjunct Professor in the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. His research has been on technology development and economic growth. He is the author (with Yujiro Hayami) of Agricultural Development: An International Perspective (1985); United States Development Assistance Policy (1996); and Technology, Growth and Development; An Induced Innovation Perspective (OUP, 2001).

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