Contents
1 Introduction: The Fundamental Economic Problem of the Military
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2 Institutions and Armed Forces
2.1 Contemporary Armed Forces as Planned Economy Systems
2.2 Consequences for Human Behavior
2.2.1 Politicians
2.2.2 Planners
2.2.3 Residents
2.2. Interest Groups
2.2.5 Combatants
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3 Effectiveness of Military Performance
3.1 Military Conflicts as Objective Selection Environments
3.2 Consequences of the Planned Economy System
3.2.1 Delayed Correction of Forecasting Errors
3.2.2 Reduced Dynamic Adaptability
3.2.3 Limited Factor Substitution
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4 Efficiency of Military Performance
4.1 Opportunities and Limitations for Efficiency Gains
4.2 Consequences of the Planned Economy System
4.2.1 Structural Inefficiency
4.2.2 Crowding Out of Investments by Operating Expenses.
4.2.3 Undermining of Formal by Informal Institutions
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5 Opportunities for Reform
5.1 Limited Reform Caacity of a Planned Economy
5.2 System Reform
5.2.1 Property Rights
5.2.2 Decentralization ofProperty Rights
5.2.3 Implementation
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Index