Conscription: Economic costs and political allure
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Conscription; economic costs;JEL classification:
- D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
- H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
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