New Approaches to Defense Inflation and Discounting

To assess how well current inflation indices and discount rates serve weapon-system program management, this study investigates inflation rates for parts for the Abrams and Bradley ground vehicles. Because even similar systems experience inflation differently, estimating strategies should be reviewe...

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Main Author: Connor, Kathryn (auth)
Other Authors: Dryden, James (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2013
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