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J. Brauer, Border Politics: Finding the answer in a 'park of peace' A 1 July 2008 column for The Bangkok Post (see 1st link) and an editorial endorsement by the Post on 2 July 2008 and reprinted in the July-August 2008 issue of Asia Views (see p. 21 of the 2nd link) July 2008
D. Kahraman, J. Brauer, P. Hall, P. Basciano, S. Markowski, Sturm Ruger & Co: Financial Analysis of a Major Firearms Manufacturer Draft conference paper, Ankara, Turkey June 2008
J. Brauer and H. van Tuyll, Castles, Battles & Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History Book. The University of Chicago Press April 2008
S. Markowski, S. Koorey, P. Hall, J. Brauer, Channels of small-arms proliferation: policy implications for Asia-Pacific The Economics of Peace and Security Journal, vol .3(2) January 2008
S. Markowski, S. Koorey, P. Hall, J. Brauer, Multi-channel supply chain for illicit small arms Draft working paper October 2007
*.ppt J. Brauer, MyEconLab: Use, Motivations, Outcomes Presentation, MEL Teaching Forum, Orlando, FL. October 2007
P. Hall, S. Markowski, J. Brauer, The U.S. Small Arms Industry: Profit, Proliferation, Performance Working paper. June 2007
N. Ocal and J. Brauer, Asymmetric Effects of U.S. Military Expenditure on Aggregate Output Working paper. April 2007
*.ppt J. Brauer, Using MyEconLab: Results, Motivations, and Potential Pitfalls Presentation, MEL Teaching Forum, Dallas, TX. March 2007
J. Brauer, International Security and Sustainable Development Draft conference paper, Grenoble, France. March 2007
*.ppt J. Brauer, Econ ... online?! Presentation, Hull College of Business, Augusta, Georgia. January 2007

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J. Brauer, When Pipelines Become Targets: Costing the Consequences Talk, Columbia University, New York. November 2006
*.ppt J. Brauer, Making Peace, Preventing War: Engineering, Economics, and Evaluation Talk, American Evaluation Association, Portland, Oregon. November 2006
N. Ocal and J. Brauer, Is There an Asymmetric Effect of Military Expenditure on Aggregate Output? The Case of the United States of America Draft conference paper, Ankara, Turkey. September 2006

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N. Wagner and J. Brauer, Using DFGP to Forecast U.S. GDP with Military Expenditure as an Explanatory Variable Draft conference paper, Ankara, Turkey. September 2006

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N. Wagner and J. Brauer, Using DFGP to Forecast U.S. GDP with Military Expenditure as an Explanatory Variable Draft conference paper, Thessaloniki, Greece. June 2006
*.ppt C. Helmers, J. Brauer, and J.M. PasteelsTrade and Conflict: A Sectoral Perspective Conference presentation; Thessaloniki, Greece. June 2006
J. Brauer, Private Military Companies: Markets, Ethics,Economics Draft book chapter. May 2006
J. Brauer, U.S. Military Expenditure Forthcoming book chapter. May 2006

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J. Brauer, Rational Terrorists (the top link on the left is the paper; the bottom link is to the PowerPoint slides)
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Public lecture, University of North Carolina, Asheville April 2006
J. Brauer, Data, Models, Coefficients Draft paper for Conflict Management and Peace Science (revised). April 2006
J. Brauer, Arms Industries, Arms Trade, and Developing Countries Draft chapter for Handbook of Defense Economics, vol. 2. March 2006
J. Brauer and R. Muggah, Completing the Circle: Building a Theory of Small Arms Demand Draft paper for Contemporary Security Policy. June 2005

J. Brauer, Establishing Indicators for Biodiversity (bottom item on the left; the top item is the original piece to which the letter responds) Letter published in Science Vol. 308, No. 5723, pp. 791-792. 5 May 2005
R. Muggah, J. Brauer, D. Atwood, S. Meek, Means and Motivations: Rethinking Small Arms Demand HFG Review, Spring 2005, pp. 31-38. Spring 2005
J. Brauer and J.P. Dunne, Arms Trade Offsets and Development Forthcoming in Africanus, Vol. 35, No. 1 (June 2005). January 2005
J. Brauer, The Terrorist Firm: Innovation, Substitution, and Productivity Paper for NATO Defence College, Rome, Italy. October 2004
J. Brauer and J.P. Dunne, Arms Trade Offsets: What do we Know? Paper for international conference, Bristol, UK. June 2004
J. Brauer, U.S. Military Expenditure [descriptive and analytic] Paper for international conference, Larissa, Greece. June 2004
R. Muggah and J. Brauer, Diagnosing Small Arms Demand: A Multidisciplinary Approach Working paper for University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa. June 2004
J. Brauer, Language, Logic, Content: A Critique of the Microeconomics Textbook" Paper for Perspectives in Economic Education Research. May 2004
J. Brauer, The Environmental Effects of War [currently unavailable] Keynote lecture for International Symposium on Resources and Conflict in the Asia-Pacific Region, Sydney, Australia. April 2004
J. Brauer, The Economic Theory of Demand as it Relates to Small Arms Keynote lecture for Workshop for the Small Arms Survey and Quaker UN Office, Geneva, Switzerland. March 2004
J. Brauer, Why is Peace so Difficult to Obtain? Paper for AEA/ECAAR annual conference, San Diego, CA and for ECAAR Review 2004. January 2004
J. Brauer, On the Supply and Demand of Small Arms Technical background paper. October 2003
J.M. Pasteels, L. Fontagne, and J. Brauer, Trade and Conflict Conference paper, Bristol, United Kingdom . June 2003
*.ppt J. Brauer, War and Nature [currently unavailable] PowerPoint slideshow presentation for lecture tour in South Africa. June 2003
J. Brauer, A. Gomez-Sorzano, and S. Sethuraman, Decomposing Violence: Political Murder in Colombia, 1946-1999 forthcoming in European Journal of Political Economy (revised version of June 2002 Berlin conference paper). May 2003
H. van Tuyll and J. Brauer, What can economics tell us about the conduct of war? The American Civil War and the principle of information Paper for Florida Conference of Historians 28 February to 1 March, 2003
J. Brauer, Greece and Turkey: A Comprehensive, Critical Review of the Defense Economics Literature (as of December 2002) Forthcoming book chapter February 2003
J. Brauer, Conflict and Development Remarks for Roundtable on Conflict and Development: What Have We Learned." Allied Social Sciences Association annual meeting, 4 January 2003. January 2003
J. Brauer, On the Production of Peace Paper for seminar in Grenoble, France, 14 October 2002. October 2002
J. Brauer, A. Gomez-Sorzano, and S. Sethuraman, Decomposing Violence: Political Murder in Colombia, 1946-1999 Revised conference paper (Berlin, June 2002). August 2002
J. Brauer, Economic Aspects of Arms Trade Offsets Conference paper (Cape Town, September 2002). August 2002
J. Brauer, Developing Peacemaking Institutions: An Economist's Approach Book chapter (forthcoming). May 2002
J. Brauer and A. Gomez-Sorzano, A Structural Model of Political Murder in Colombia, 1950-1999 Conference paper (Lisbon, June 2002). May 2002
J. Brauer, A. Gomez-Sorzano, and S. Sethuraman, Decomposing Violence: Political Murder in Colombia, 1946-1999 Conference paper (Berlin, June 2002). April 2002
Hubert van Tuyll and Jurgen Brauer, Colonizing Military History: A Millennial View on the Economics of War For special issue of Defence and Peace Economics. April 2002
Dietrich Fischer and Jurgen Brauer, Twenty Questions for Peace Economics: A Research Agenda For special issue of Defence and Peace Economics. April 2002
J. Brauer, A Millennial View on Defence and Peace Economics Guest editor, special issue of Defence and Peace Economics. April 2002
J. Brauer, On the Economics of Terrorism For the Phi Kappa Phi Forum. March 2002
J. Brauer, Remarks on Brauer and Hartley (eds.), The Economics of Regional Security, Amsterdam: Harwood, 2000 Presentation for the "Meet-the-Author" Series at Augusta State University Reese Library. November 2001
J. Brauer, On the Production of Peace Paper for conference in Arrabida, Portugal, September 3-5, 2001. August 2001
J. Brauer, War and Nature: Assessment, Valuation, and Liability. The Case of the Kosovo War, 1999. [currently unavailable] Paper for conference at Technical Educational Institute, Larissa, Greece, June 2001. June 2001

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J. Brauer, War and Nature: The Problem of Data and Data Collection. [currently unavailable] Paper for conference at Uppsala University, Sweden, June 2001. May 2001
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J. Brauer, Total and Marginal Returns to Strategic Bombing: Germany, 1939-1945. Paper for conference at Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, May 2001 and Middlesex University Business School, London, June 2001. May 2001
J. Brauer, Military Expenditure, Economic Performance, and Political Economy of Conflict Resolution in Greece and Turkey. Paper for The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. March 2001
J. Brauer, War and Nature: A Case Study of the Persian Gulf War of 1991 [currently unavailable] Paper (long) and talk (short) for Phi Kappa Phi presentation at Augusta State University. January 2001
J. Brauer, Scaffold and Method: On Teaching the Transition from Perfectly Competitive to Oligopolistic Market Structures Paper submitted to Contemporary Economic Policy October 2000
J. Brauer, The Effect of War on the Natural Environment [currently unavailable] Entry for Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, UNESCO: Paris (forthcoming) August 2000
J. Brauer and Dietrich Fischer, Building Institutions for Peacemaking and Peacekeeping Entry for Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, UNESCO: Paris (forthcoming) August 2000
J. Brauer and Dietrich Fischer, Building Institutions for Peacemaking and Peacekeeping: Some Lessons from Systems Control Theory and Collective Action Theory Paper for the "Economics of Civil War and Cooperation" conference, Lisbon, Portugal June 23/24, 2000
J. Brauer, The Effect of War on the Natural Environment [currently unavailable] Paper for "Arms, Conflict, Security and Development Conference, Middlesex University, London June 16/17, 2000
J. Brauer and Greg Delemeester, Games Economists Play: A Survey of Non-Computerized Classroom-Games for College Economics Paper for Journal of Economic Surveys May 2000
htm J. Brauer, The Political Economy of NATO Presentation for Dr. Jensen's ASU POLS4905 "United States' Foreign Policy" class March 28 and 30, 2000
J. Brauer and A. Roux, Peace as an International Public Good: An Application to Southern Africa Paper for Defence and Peace Economics February 2000
J. Brauer, Survey and Review of the Defense Economics Literature on Greece and Turkey: What Have We Learned? Submission to Defence and Peace Economics. January 2000
J. Brauer, Turkey and Greece: A Comprehensive Review of the Defense Economics Literature Book chapter for Christos Kollias and Gülay Günlük-Senesen (eds.), Greece and Turkey in the 21st Century: Conflict or Cooperation – The Political Economy Perspective. January 2000

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J. Brauer, The EU and the US - Competing Types of 'Capitalism' in the 21st Century Presentation for Phi Kappa Phi Symposium "Europe and the US: Past, Present, Future," Augusta State University October 1999
D. Folsom and J. Brauer, Measuring Sustainability: A Developing Economic Definition Conference paper, La Jolla, CA October 1999
J. Brauer, Turkey and Greece: A Review of the Defense Economics Literature Paper for Middle Eastern Technical University conference, Ankara, Turkey September 1999
J. Brauer and A. Roux, La paix comme bien public international: Une application préliminaire ŕ Afrique australe Paper for Pax Economica: Revue economique de la paix August 1999
J. Brauer, An Economic Perspective on Mercenaries, Military Companies, and the Privatization of Force Paper for Cambridge Review of International Affairs July 1999
J. Brauer, Potential and Actual Arms Production: Implications for the Arms Trade Debate Paper for presentation at Cambridge University, UK June 1999
J. Brauer, Potential and Actual Arms Production: Implications for the Arms Trade Debate Paper for Arms Trade Conference, Middlesex University, London June 1999
J. Brauer and Dharma Thiruvairayu, Die Nacht der Scheiterhaufen: 10 May 1933. Greatness and Tragedy of the German Mind -- The Case of German Mathematicians Paper for ASU BellSouth Faculty Colloquium April 1999
J. Brauer, A Critique of the Principles-of-Economics Textbook: Language, Logic, Content. Part I: Microeconomics Paper for "Economics and the Classroom" Conference, Idaho State University March 1999
J. Brauer, et al., The Meaning of Life — A Panel Discussion Papers for ASU BellSouth Faculty Colloquium February 1999
J. Brauer, An Essay on Goods and Markets Paper for ASU BellSouth Faculty Colloquium December 1998
D. Folsom and J. Brauer, Sustainable Development: Coverage in Principles of Economics Texts Conference paper presented in Denver, CO. October 1998
J. Brauer, Regional Peace as an International Public Good: Collective Action in Southern Africa Conference paper presented in Lisbon, Portugal June 1998
htm J. Brauer, The Euro Presentation for Communications Class, Augusta State University May 1998
J. Brauer, The Arms Industry in Developing Nations: History and Post-Cold War Assessment Conference paper presented in London, UK March 1998
J. Brauer, The Savings/Consumption Game: An Update Paper submitted for review to Classroom Expernomics February 1998

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J. Brauer, Homo denaturalis, Violence, and Global Governance Speech at Phi Kappa Phi symposium October 1997
J. Brauer, Global Register of Experts on the Economics of Military Affairs Global Register 1995
J. Brauer, Games Economists Play Working paper March 1994
H.v. Tuyll and J. Brauer, A Historical Perspective on Arms Industry Conversion in East-Central Europe English version of paper published in the Dutch social science journal, Oost-Europa Verkenningen July/August 1993