Preferences on Arms Trade in 5 Western Major Export Countries

• In Event: Alliance Strategy, from Top to Bottom

Brief Overview

We study public attitudes toward arms exports in NATO’s top 5 exporters using a conjoint experiment and new (ML) methods. Despite similarities in the fundamental calculus, we see nuanced national differences with respect to strategic aspects.

Authors

• Fabian Haggerty, University of Munich (LMU)

• Paul W. Thurner, University of Munich (LMU)

• Lukas Rudolph, University of Konstanz