TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Better weapons or better troops?
JO  - Defence and peace economics
A1  - Lipow, Jonathan
A1  - Feinerman, Eli
SP  - 271
EP  - 284
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
N2  - Many observers of Israel's defense resource allocation process believe that insufficient resources are devoted to troop quality, while excessive resources are devoted to weapon quality. In this paper, we offer a potential explanation for this phenomenon. In our example, officers seek to signal their ability through their budgeting choices. Signaling behavior, combined with the timing and informational structure of defense decision-making, results in a sub-optimal allocation of resources to training and troop quality.<p /> 
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SN  - 1024-2694
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10430710108404988
ID  - ref1
ER  -