The Volunteer Military and the Rest of the Iceberg

Author/s
Eric A. Hanushek
Published Date
September 1977
Publication
Policy Sciences
Details
8(3)
Pages
pp. 343-361
Topics

With the introduction of the volunteer military, mistakes in the personnel system become more costly. Adjustment of the most perverse incentives could lead to a self-correction of many glaring problems. [reprinted in R. Auster and B. Sears (ed.), American Re-evolution Papers and Proceedings (Tucson: University of Arizona, 1977)].