Offsets, or work-sharing arrangements, are frequently requested by governments when buying foreign defence equipment. Under an offset the vendor agrees to place work to a set value with firms in the buying country. Although popular, some claim that offsets create jobs and enhance the defence industrial base. Others argue that offset work would have been won without the offset or that it is low technology work which ceases once the vendor has fulfilled its offset obligation. Somewhat contradictorily, defence exporters with large offset obligation are often criticized for transfering work and technology to potential foreign competitors.
By:
Stephen Martin
Imprint: Harwood-Academic Publishers
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Volume: 4
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 907g
ISBN: 9783718657827
ISBN 10: 3718657821
Series: Routledge Studies in Defence and Peace Economics
Pages: 430
Publication Date: 09 February 1996
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Primary
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview, Stephen Martin; Chapter 2 Countertrade and Offsets An Overview of the Theory and Evidence, Stephen Martin; Chapter 3 The Defence Offsets Policy in Australia, Stefan Markowski, Peter Hall; Chapter 4 Offsets and Weapons Procurement, Wally Struys; Chapter 5 In Search of a Strategy, James Fergusson; Chapter 6 Offsets and French Arms Exports, Jean-Paul Hébert; Chapter 7 Offset Benefits in Greek Defence Procurement Policy, Nicholas Antonakis; Chapter 8 Defense Industrialisation through Offsets, Michael W. Chinworth, Ron Matthews; Chapter 9 Saudi Arabia and Offsets, Abdulla M. Al-Ghrair, Nick Hooper; Chapter 10 The Teeth of the Little Tigers, Dean Cheng, Michael W. Chinworth; Chapter 11 From Offsets to Industrial Cooperation, Jordi Molas-Gallart; Chapter 12 US — Swiss F-5 Transaction and the Evolution of Swiss Offset Policy, Bernard Udis; Chapter 13 The UK Experience with Offsets, Stephen Martin, Keith Hartley; Chapter 14 US Offset Policy, Bernard Udis, Keith E. Maskus; Chapter 15 The Business of Offset, Alon Redlich, Maison Miscavage; Chapter 16 Concluding Remarks, Stephen Martin;
Stephen Martin The Centre for Defence Economics University of York, UK
