Jurgen Brauer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3709946 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jurgen Brauer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jurgen |
| FAMILY NAME | Brauer |
| SIGNATURE | BRAUER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chulalongkorn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6316-9271 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Violence against noncombatant civilians in revolutionary conflicts
Modeling the U.S. Firearms Market
We estimate the first econometric model of the national civilian firearms market in the United States (1946–2016), where per capita firearms‐related harm is exceptionally high. Solving simultaneous equation models instrumented by natural disasters and steel prices, and employing unique firearms prices and quantities data, we find this market operates normally, except that firearms stocks may generate some new market demand in a positive feedback …
Bioeconomic Peace Research and Policy
We argue for viewing COVID-19 as an additional instance of bioeconomic interaction in an ongoing history of human relations with the rest of nature. We assert that COVID-19 and other increasingly frequent zoonotic pandemic diseases are a further example of global public bads (GPBs), which are collectively provoking the transition from an extensive to an intensive economic growth model characterized by the provision of corresponding global public …
The Onset, Spread, and Prevention of Mass Atrocities
Mass atrocity case studies routinely refer to networks of perpetrators (and of victims and bystanders) but little formal work is available to pinpoint characteristics of atrocity committing networks and how they operate. For example, how do atrocity ideas spread throughout a population, and how may such diffusion be thwarted? How does one explain the scaling up from few perpetrators to mass participation by thousands of perpetrators? Why do some …
How do US state firearms laws affect firearms manufacturing location? An empirical investigation, 1986–2010
We exploit variations in US state firearms laws to study their relation to the spatial distribution of more than 2700 federally licensed manufacturers of firearms for the civilian and law enforcement markets across the country. Accounting for a variety of economic factors¿such as cost, tax burden and agglomeration effects¿we find that states with relatively permissive, end-user friendly laws host more firearms manufacturing establishments than do…
Data, Models, Coefficients
This article is an exercise in economic methodology. It replicates two published models of the effect of military expenditure on the United States economy but, in order to study variations in the relevant estimated parameters, applies two different military expenditure data sets to the models (budget vs . National Income and Product Accounts [NIPA] data). In an extension, the article examines coefficient stability when the economically preferred …
Completing the circle
This essay presents a theory of small arms demand and provides initial evidence from ongoing case studies in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, South Africa and Brazil. The theory revolves around the motivations and means to acquire arms, addressing issues such as contrasting acquirers and possessors and differentiating between acquirers and non-acquirers, consumers and producers, and final and intermediate demand. The essay also studies char…
An economic perspective on mercenaries, military companies, and the privatisation of force
Approaching the question of privatisation of warfare from an economic perspective, the article contends that the public debate over privatisation of military force in its international context is somewhat misplaced. The article suggests that the political debate on the future of armed force can proceed on a more focused basis if basic economic concepts are included in the discussion. Applying economic analysis, the article advances the argument t…
Military expenditures and human development measures
This article examines the relation between measures of military affairs (such as its budgetary cost and the size of armed forces) and measures of human development (such as education, health, freedom, and income). The article's major innovation concerns the separation of data by groups of countries. Across a variety of statistical specifications, I find that the statistical relation between military and human development variables is inconclusive…
Converting Resources from Military to Non-Military Uses
As a proportion of gross national product, U.S. military spending has declined steadily since the mid-1980s. The end of the Cold War has given rise to calls for even more cuts in military spending. In early 1992, President George Bush proposed to reduce military spending by 3 percent per year, in real dollars, for the next five years. The Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives countered with a plan calling for substantially deeper …
Military Investments and Economic Growth in Developing Nations
Completing the circle
This essay presents a theory of small arms demand and provides initial evidence from ongoing case studies in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, South Africa and Brazil. The theory revolves around the motivations and means to acquire arms, addressing issues such as contrasting acquirers and possessors and differentiating between acquirers and non-acquirers, consumers and producers, and final and intermediate demand. The essay also studies char…
Data, Models, Coefficients
This article is an exercise in economic methodology. It replicates two published models of the effect of military expenditure on the United States economy but, in order to study variations in the relevant estimated parameters, applies two different military expenditure data sets to the models (budget vs . National Income and Product Accounts [NIPA] data). In an extension, the article examines coefficient stability when the economically preferred …
Converting Resources from Military to Non-Military Uses
As a proportion of gross national product, U.S. military spending has declined steadily since the mid-1980s. The end of the Cold War has given rise to calls for even more cuts in military spending. In early 1992, President George Bush proposed to reduce military spending by 3 percent per year, in real dollars, for the next five years. The Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives countered with a plan calling for substantially deeper …
Violence against noncombatant civilians in revolutionary conflicts
How do US state firearms laws affect firearms manufacturing location? An empirical investigation, 1986–2010
We exploit variations in US state firearms laws to study their relation to the spatial distribution of more than 2700 federally licensed manufacturers of firearms for the civilian and law enforcement markets across the country. Accounting for a variety of economic factors¿such as cost, tax burden and agglomeration effects¿we find that states with relatively permissive, end-user friendly laws host more firearms manufacturing establishments than do…
An economic perspective on mercenaries, military companies, and the privatisation of force
Approaching the question of privatisation of warfare from an economic perspective, the article contends that the public debate over privatisation of military force in its international context is somewhat misplaced. The article suggests that the political debate on the future of armed force can proceed on a more focused basis if basic economic concepts are included in the discussion. Applying economic analysis, the article advances the argument t…
The Onset, Spread, and Prevention of Mass Atrocities
Mass atrocity case studies routinely refer to networks of perpetrators (and of victims and bystanders) but little formal work is available to pinpoint characteristics of atrocity committing networks and how they operate. For example, how do atrocity ideas spread throughout a population, and how may such diffusion be thwarted? How does one explain the scaling up from few perpetrators to mass participation by thousands of perpetrators? Why do some …
Military Investments and Economic Growth in Developing Nations
Converting Resources from Military to Non-Military Uses
As a proportion of gross national product, U.S. military spending has declined steadily since the mid-1980s. The end of the Cold War has given rise to calls for even more cuts in military spending. In early 1992, President George Bush proposed to reduce military spending by 3 percent per year, in real dollars, for the next five years. The Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives countered with a plan calling for substantially deeper …
Military expenditures and human development measures
This article examines the relation between measures of military affairs (such as its budgetary cost and the size of armed forces) and measures of human development (such as education, health, freedom, and income). The article's major innovation concerns the separation of data by groups of countries. Across a variety of statistical specifications, I find that the statistical relation between military and human development variables is inconclusive…
An economic perspective on mercenaries, military companies, and the privatisation of force
Approaching the question of privatisation of warfare from an economic perspective, the article contends that the public debate over privatisation of military force in its international context is somewhat misplaced. The article suggests that the political debate on the future of armed force can proceed on a more focused basis if basic economic concepts are included in the discussion. Applying economic analysis, the article advances the argument t…
Completing the circle
This essay presents a theory of small arms demand and provides initial evidence from ongoing case studies in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, South Africa and Brazil. The theory revolves around the motivations and means to acquire arms, addressing issues such as contrasting acquirers and possessors and differentiating between acquirers and non-acquirers, consumers and producers, and final and intermediate demand. The essay also studies char…
Data, Models, Coefficients
This article is an exercise in economic methodology. It replicates two published models of the effect of military expenditure on the United States economy but, in order to study variations in the relevant estimated parameters, applies two different military expenditure data sets to the models (budget vs . National Income and Product Accounts [NIPA] data). In an extension, the article examines coefficient stability when the economically preferred …
How do US state firearms laws affect firearms manufacturing location? An empirical investigation, 1986–2010
We exploit variations in US state firearms laws to study their relation to the spatial distribution of more than 2700 federally licensed manufacturers of firearms for the civilian and law enforcement markets across the country. Accounting for a variety of economic factors¿such as cost, tax burden and agglomeration effects¿we find that states with relatively permissive, end-user friendly laws host more firearms manufacturing establishments than do…
The Onset, Spread, and Prevention of Mass Atrocities
Mass atrocity case studies routinely refer to networks of perpetrators (and of victims and bystanders) but little formal work is available to pinpoint characteristics of atrocity committing networks and how they operate. For example, how do atrocity ideas spread throughout a population, and how may such diffusion be thwarted? How does one explain the scaling up from few perpetrators to mass participation by thousands of perpetrators? Why do some …
Bioeconomic Peace Research and Policy
We argue for viewing COVID-19 as an additional instance of bioeconomic interaction in an ongoing history of human relations with the rest of nature. We assert that COVID-19 and other increasingly frequent zoonotic pandemic diseases are a further example of global public bads (GPBs), which are collectively provoking the transition from an extensive to an intensive economic growth model characterized by the provision of corresponding global public …
Modeling the U.S. Firearms Market
We estimate the first econometric model of the national civilian firearms market in the United States (1946–2016), where per capita firearms‐related harm is exceptionally high. Solving simultaneous equation models instrumented by natural disasters and steel prices, and employing unique firearms prices and quantities data, we find this market operates normally, except that firearms stocks may generate some new market demand in a positive feedback …
Violence against noncombatant civilians in revolutionary conflicts
Economics (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (3 works) · Law (3 works)