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The military production function

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  • Gregory Hildebrandt

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This article analyzes three methods of estimating the military production function which relates military inputs to a measure of military effectiveness. The econometric military production function employs historical data to estimate the relationship between inputs and military effectiveness. A production function estimated during the Vietnam War is provided as an example. The response-surface military production summarizes the input and output data of a large-scale military operations research model. This method is illustrated using a model that links maintenance manpower to aircraft sorties. The technological military production function is derived from underlying technological relationships.

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  • Gregory Hildebrandt, 1999. "The military production function," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(3), pages 247-272.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:defpea:v:10:y:1999:i:3:p:247-272
    DOI: 10.1080/10430719908404926
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    1. Jonathan Lipow & Yakir Plessner, 2008. "Tax Efficiency And Quality/Quantity Trade-Offs In Defense Procurement," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(1), pages 21-26.
    2. Thomas Gries & Claus-Jochen Haake, 2016. "An Economic Theory of 'Destabilization War'," Working Papers CIE 95, Paderborn University, CIE Center for International Economics.
    3. Marcus Matthias Keupp, 2021. "Introduction: The Fundamental Economic Problem of the Military," Springer Books, in: Defense Economics, chapter 0, pages 1-21, Springer.
    4. Karl Skogstad, 2017. "The effectiveness of Canada's navy on escort duty," European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society, vol. 21(1), pages 104-132.
    5. W. J. Hurley, 2005. "A Clarification Of The Concepts Of Force Multiplier And Returns To Force Scale," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(6), pages 463-465.
    6. Gries, Thomas & Haake, Claus-Jochen, 2016. "An Economic Theory of 'Destabilization War' '- Compromise for Peace versus Conventional, Guerilla, or Terrorist Warfare," VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change 145617, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.

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