On the production of victory: empirical determinants of battlefield success in modern war

Using a data set of historical battles from 1600 to 1973, this paper analyzes the empirical determinants of tactical success in modern war. Based on a reduced form approach we consider key elements of military theory as factors in the production of combat success, formalized in a military production...

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Main Authors:	Rotte, Ralph (Author) , Schmidt, Christoph M. (Author)
Format:	Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Bonn IZA May 2002
Series:	Discussion paper series / Institute for the Study of Labor IZA DP no. 491
In:	Discussion paper series (IZA DP no. 491)
Subjects:	1600-1973 Arbeitspapier Graue Literatur Geschichte 1600-1973 Führung Militär Militärtechnik Erfolg Kriegführung
Online Access:	Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21449
Author Notes:	Ralph Rotte, Christoph M. Schmidt