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Military spending and natural resources: evidence from global data [PDF]
Most of the studies show a clear relation between the increase of Oil revenues and the rapid increases in the military expenditure and arms imports (Perlo-Freeman, et al, 2011, Ali 2013). According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (
Hassan, Noha Ahmed
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A quantile-based nonadditive fixed effects model [PDF]
I propose a quantile-based nonadditive fixed effects panel model to study heterogeneous causal effects. Similar to standard fixed effects (FE) model, my model allows arbitrary dependence between regressors and unobserved heterogeneity, but it generalizes the additive separability of standard FE to allow the unobserved heterogeneity to enter ...
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Military Spending and Economic Growth: The Case of Iran [PDF]
Mohammad Reza Farzanegan
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A dynamic model of capital and arms accumulation [PDF]
How does competitive arms accumulation affect investment and capital accumulation? In a dynamic optimization framework including both investment and military spending, we find that, when the utility function is separable between consumption and the ...
Heng-fu Zou
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The pore throat structure of the dolomite reservoir of the Buqu Formation in the Middle Jurassic in the Qiangtang Basin was evaluated by using the cast thin section image method combined with fractal theory. The results were combined with the reservoir space formation process to discuss the possible controlling factors of pore formation.
Zhonglin Wang+4 more
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Poverty, affluence and homeownership among working‐age immigrants in Israel
Abstract Affluence, homeownership and poverty are good measures of immigrants’ long‐term integration. High income and homeownership indicate successful integration and intentions to stay in the host country, whereas poverty signals economic vulnerability, typical of immigrants who arrive with few resources.
Alisa C. Lewin
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Evaluating Large Language Model Biases in Persona-Steered Generation [PDF]
The task of persona-steered text generation requires large language models (LLMs) to generate text that reflects the distribution of views that an individual fitting a persona could have. People have multifaceted personas, but prior work on bias in LLM-generated opinions has only explored multiple-choice settings or one-dimensional personas.
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The Effects of the Security Environment on Military Expenditures: Pooled Analyses of 165 Countries, 1950-2000 [PDF]
Countries' military expenditures differ greatly across both space and time. This study examines the determinants of military spending, with particular reference to the importance of the external security environment.
Bruce Russett+2 more
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ABSTRACT The concept of microgrids (MGs) as compact power systems, incorporating distributed energy resources, generating units, storage systems, and loads, is widely acknowledged in the research community. Globally, nations are adopting MGs to access clean, affordable, and reliable energy solutions.
Ark Dev+7 more
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Military spending and innovation: learning from 19th-century world fair exhibition data [PDF]
Alexander M. Danzer+2 more
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