Explaining the Worldwide Decline in Military Conscription: 1970-2010
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conscription; economic freedom; ordered probit; all volunteer force;
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- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
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