This Element surveys the field of defense, peace, and war economics with particular emphasis on the contributions made by Austrian economists. I first review tr

War often comes down to one thing: money. The role of economics in the study of both peace and war is arguably then the most important single factor when it com

This collection of essays questions the adequacy of explaining today's internal armed conflicts purely in terms of economic factors and re-establishes the impor

This Element introduces students, policy-makers, politicians, governments and business-people to this new discipline within economics. It presents the recent hi

This Handbook brings together contributions from leading scholars who take an economic perspective to study peace and conflict. Some chapters are largely empiri