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How did geopolitics shape East Asia's economic development? We find that US military procurement during the Vietnam War - a shock which peaked at nearly 3% of South Korean GDP, rivaling the Marshall Plan - catalyzed Kore...Read more...
Philipp Barteska, Oliver Kim, Nathan Lane and Seung Joo Lee
20 August 2026
Major economies are rearming, and rearmament is itself industrial policy. I ask whether defense promotion?especially innovation policy?can drive industrial development beyond the defense sector. I synthesize evidence on ...Read more...
Nathan Lane
12 August 2026