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ifo Institut – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München >
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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Poutvaara, Panu | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Wagener, Andreas | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2009-11-02 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2010-05-14T08:23:07Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2010-05-14T08:23:07Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2009 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/30603 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | Though in decline recently, military conscription is still a widely used mode of staffing armies. Since not many valid economic, social or military arguments in favor of the draft can be put forward, the question emerges why societies choose to rely on it. In this survey we explain the political allure of military conscription by its specific intra- and intergenerational incidence as a tax. From a public choice perspective, there is always a vast majority of people in favor of the introduction and maintenance of military draft, as compared to a professional army. Empirical evidence for this conclusion appears to be mixed, however. Political preferences with respect to conscription involve concerns about its unfairness and questionable record on social accounts. Special interests may also matter. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | CESifo München | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | CESifo working paper 2821 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | H56 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | D72 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | military draft | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | public choice | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | taxation | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | dynamic costs | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | fairness | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Wehrdienst | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Verteidigungshaushalt | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Public Choice | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Excess Burden | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Gerechtigkeit | | en_US |
| dc.title | | The political economy of conscription | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 611988259 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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