The Impact of Network Embeddedness on Arms Export Decisions: A Lagged Network Heckman Correction Model

• In Event: Advances in Political Economy and Methodology

Brief Overview

This paper combines a Heckman seclection model with a network analysis to show how the topological properties of the international arms trade network explain countries' choices of arms export destinations and the size of trade volumes.

Authors

• Oliver Pamp, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Munich

• Eva Ziegler, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Munich

• Paul W. Thurner, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU)

• Michael Lebacher, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Munich