The Import of Strategic and Nonstrategic Commodities During War: A Systematic Case Study Focusing on Israel from 1980 till 2014
Journal: Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy
Year: 2025

Abstract Under what circumstances do belligerents succeed in increasing their imports during wartime? This research seeks to answer that question by addressing contradictory findings in the literature on the relationship between trade and war. We propose that the answer depends on two factors that have not been examined together: the value of the imports for the battlefield and the intensity of the war. These two factors influence the willingness of belligerents to reprioritize their import pref