WARFARE AND WELFARE? Understanding 19th and 20th Century Central Government Spending [PDF]
This paper evaluates theories aiming to explain the size and growth of government spending, develops a framework inclusive of the so-called guns vs. butter tradeoff effect, and offers insights especially for the period 1870-1938.
Eloranta, Jari
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Recent Advances in Conductive Rubber Composites: Progress, Challenges, and Emerging Opportunities
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.This study reviews the recent advances in conductive rubber composites, focusing on key aspects such as material selection, conductive mechanisms, interfacial engineering, processing methods, vulcanization strategies, and practical applications. It also discusses current challenges and highlights emerging directions that are shaping the development of ...
Lu Yin +3 more
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The Demand for Military Expenditure in Developing Countries: Hostility versus Capability [PDF]
This paper has considers the interpretation of the empirical results of the developing literature on the demand for military spending that specifies a general model with arms race and spillover effects and estimates it on cross-section and panel data. It
J Paul Dunne +2 more
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Military Expenditures 1972-1990: The Reasons Behind the Post-1985 Fall in World Military Spending
, 1993 Daniel Hewitt
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MetalMat, EarlyView.This review highlights recent advancements in Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD) techniques tailored for tubular samples. The mechanisms of processing are critically discussed with emphasis on microstructural control and the governing process parameters that enable refinement to ultrafine‐ and nano‐grained structures. Comparative insights into equivalent
Eman M. Zayed +5 more
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Is Military Spending Converging Across Countries? An Examination of Trends and Key Determinants
, 2019 Benedict Clements +2 more
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MILITARY WAGES AND COUPS D’ÉTAT IN SPAIN (1850–1915): THE USE OF PUBLIC SPENDING AS A COUP-PROOFING STRATEGY [PDF]
, 2020 Oriol Sabaté +2 more
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Policy Capacity Under Decentralization: Kindergarten Education Reforms in the Philippines
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper examines the relationship between policy capacity and policy effectiveness in decentralized governance setups. It challenges the conventional view that policy functions should only be decentralized when requisite capacities already exist at lower levels of government. Instead, the paper proposes that capacity can follow function ‐ as
Kidjie Ian Saguin, M. Ramesh
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Determining Military Expenditures: Arms Races and Spill-Over Effects in Cross-Section and Panel Data [PDF]
This paper considers the determinants of military spending, building on an emerging literature that estimates military expenditure demand functions in cross-section and panel data, incorporating ‘arms-race’ type effects.
J Paul Dunne +2 more
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Regional Labor Fluctuations: Oil Shocks, Military Spending, and Other Driving Forces
, 1997 Steven J. Davis +2 more
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