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Military Expenditure, Threats, and Growth [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2003 This paper clarifies one of the puzzling results of the economic growth literature: The impact of military expenditure is frequently found to be non-significant or negative, yet most countries spend a large fraction of their GDP on defense and the military.
Aizenman, Joshua, Glick, Reuven
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Forecasting military expenditure [PDF]
Research & Politics, 2014 To what extent do frequently cited determinants of military spending allow us to predict and forecast future levels of expenditure? The authors draw on the data and specifications of a recent model on military expenditure and assess the predictive power ...
Tobias Böhmelt, Vincenzo Bove
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Military expenditure in post-conflict societies [PDF]
Economics of Governance, 2006 Post-conflict situations face a high risk of reversion to conflict. We investigate the effect of military expenditure by the government during the first decade post-conflict on the risk of reversion. We contrast two theories as to the likely effects. In one, military spending deters conflict by reducing the prospects of rebel success.
Paul Collier, Anke Hoeffler
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Peru's Burden of Military Expenditures [PDF]
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1921 IT would, perhaps, be difficult to find a country in South America or elsewhere which, over a period of an entire century, has suffered more deeply from wars and revolutions and the accompanying burden of armaments and war indebtedness than has Peru. This is the year in which Peru celebrates the 100th anniversary of her independence from Spain, and the
J.C. Luitweiler
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Relationship between Military Expenditure and Economic Growth in ASEAN: Evidence from Indonesia [PDF]
Journal of ASEAN Studies, 2013 World military expenditure in post-Cold War world shows increasing trend especially in ASEAN region; Indonesia is no exception. The trend may have been supported by the argument that military expenditure has positive multiplier effects on economic growth.
Tangguh Chairil +2 more
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A Warrior Society: Data From 30 Countries Show That Belief in a Zero-Sum Game Is Related to Military Expenditure and Low Civil Liberties. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2018 The aim of this paper was to investigate the relationship between a perceived antagonistic view of social relations (as a struggle for limited resources), measured by the Belief in a Zero-Sum Game (BZSG) Scale, national military expenditure, and civil ...
Różycka-Tran J +4 more
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MILITARY EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH [PDF]
Defence and Peace Economics, 2009 This paper tests the relationship between military expenditure and economic growth by including the impact of the share of military and civilian components of government expenditure in an economic growth model with endogenous technology. In this framework, we empirically consider the hypothesis of a non‐linear effect of military expenditure on economic
Luca Pieroni
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Determinants of military expenditure in Zimbabwe
The Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 2011 While many articles have been written on the determinants of military expenditure in developing countries, few have attempted to use a qualitative approach to investigate the underlying motives for military expenditure. This article uses data drawn from interviews with key informants and documentary sources to study the determinants of military ...
Zachary Tambudzai
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TRENDS IN SLOVAK REPUBLIC’S MILITARY SPENDING [PDF]
Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2012 The article focuses on the amount of military spending in the Slovak Republic. In the first part, the terms of defense expenditure and military spending are defined.
Milota KUSTROVÁ
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Assessing the Effects of Military Expenditures on Growth [PDF]
, 2012 Military spending is an expenditure by governments that has influence beyond the resources it takes up, especially when it leads to or facilitates conflicts. This chapter provides an overview of the issues involved in analysing the effects of military spending on growth. It considers the alternative general economic theories that inform the development
Giorgio d'Agostino +2 more
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