ABSTRACT
The contributions to this volume continue a research tradition that began with Russett’s (1969) famous article which asked ‘Who pays for defense?’ Despite over twenty years of research, however, the present book confirms the conclusion that has also been drawn in several recent evaluations of the ‘gunsbutter’ literature: a definitive answer to the question has yet to be found (Chan 1985; Kupchan 1989). Indeed, the research literature is characterized by contradictory and sometimes confusing results: in some times and cases defense spending seems to cause tradeoffs, while in other cases these same tradeoffs disappear. Some research efforts even conclude that defense spending has a beneficial impact.
