Accession Number:

ADA106524

Title:

Methodologies for Estimating and Comparing Soviet Defense Expenditures.

Descriptive Note:

Doctoral thesis,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• Walker,Robert Allan

Report Date:

1979-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

316.0

Abstract:

This study examines the environment of the current estimation methodologies and their implications to the decision making process. This included both the objective estimates of Soviet defense spending and the policy issues involved when comparing this expenditure with that of the U.S. A secondary method of comparison, involving production functions relationship, is also developed. Comparisons based on these production-theoretic indices can provide useful information concerning the resource implications of defense spending. Author

Descriptors:

• *USSR
• *WEAPON SYSTEMS
• *COST ESTIMATES
• *DEFENSE PLANNING
• MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
• METHODOLOGY
• UNITED STATES
• DECISION MAKING
• PRODUCTION
• MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
• COST ANALYSIS
• ACCURACY
• THESES
• COSTS
• BIAS
• MILITARY BUDGETS
• ANALOGIES

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Military Intelligence

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE