Arms, Alliances and Trade
(2015) NEKH01 20151Department of Economics
- Abstract
- With the use of arms trade data spanning the time period between 1992 and 2010, this thesis sets out to study what influence joining NATO has on a country’s volume of arms export and its probability of exporting arms. An assessment is also made of how NATO members trade arms. The data is estimated with a set of different gravity models and by using linear regressions evaluating volume and logistic regressions evaluating probability. The study finds that joining NATO has a negative influence both on the volume of arms exported by a country and the probability of the country exporting arms. Both exporter and importer being a member of NATO has a positive influence on the volume of export. It does however decrease the probability of arms... (More)
- With the use of arms trade data spanning the time period between 1992 and 2010, this thesis sets out to study what influence joining NATO has on a country’s volume of arms export and its probability of exporting arms. An assessment is also made of how NATO members trade arms. The data is estimated with a set of different gravity models and by using linear regressions evaluating volume and logistic regressions evaluating probability. The study finds that joining NATO has a negative influence both on the volume of arms exported by a country and the probability of the country exporting arms. Both exporter and importer being a member of NATO has a positive influence on the volume of export. It does however decrease the probability of arms being exported. (Less)
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- author
- Timoney Ringström, George LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKH01 20151
- year
- 2015
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- NATO, Arms trade, Arm export, Swedish arms export, Gravity Model
- language
- English
- id
- 5468977
- date added to LUP
- 2015-06-30 15:23:45
- date last changed
- 2015-06-30 15:23:45
@misc{5468977, abstract = {{With the use of arms trade data spanning the time period between 1992 and 2010, this thesis sets out to study what influence joining NATO has on a country’s volume of arms export and its probability of exporting arms. An assessment is also made of how NATO members trade arms. The data is estimated with a set of different gravity models and by using linear regressions evaluating volume and logistic regressions evaluating probability. The study finds that joining NATO has a negative influence both on the volume of arms exported by a country and the probability of the country exporting arms. Both exporter and importer being a member of NATO has a positive influence on the volume of export. It does however decrease the probability of arms being exported.}}, author = {{Timoney Ringström, George}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Arms, Alliances and Trade}}, year = {{2015}}, }