Threats and the Public Constraint on Military Spending
British Journal of Political Science, 2023 Abstract The public places an important constraint on funding security in Europe, and austerity risks making the constraint tighter. Several recent studies show that curtailing military spending is a popular way to reduce debt in Europe. Yet it remains unclear if military spending aversion persists when threats are salient. We fielded
DiGiuseppe, Matthew +2 more
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Exploring the Relationship Between Military Spending & Human Rights Performance in South Asia [PDF]
, 2008 The relationship between military spending and human rights is one of the most prominent issues in political economy. Yet, the linkage between the two is empirically underdeveloped.
Pathmalal, K. K. Shakya Lahiru +1 more
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On the effect of military spending on education in Africa: what role does institutional quality play? [PDF]
Journal of Business and Socio-Economic DevelopmentPurpose – This study explored how institutional quality influences the relationship between military spending and education in Africa. Design/methodology/approach – This study used data from 43 African countries spanning the years 2000–2021.
Isiaka Akande Raifu +2 more
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Democracy, external threat, and military spending
Research & Politics, 2021 A number of studies find that democracies spend less on their military than non-democracies. Yet there are well known counter-examples, including but not limited to the United States and Israel. We contend that these counter-examples are part of a larger
Matthew Hauenstein +2 more
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The Impact of Military Spending on Sustainable Development: a Bayesian Analysis for BRICS Countries [PDF]
Statistika: Statistics and Economy JournalThis study provides evidence that military expenditure hinders sustainable development within the BRICS nations. Analyzing data from 2000 to 2022 using a Bayesian regression methodology for panel data, the results reveal that increased military spending ...
Thi Ngoc Nga Nguyen, +3 more
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Dynamics of military expenditures in the contemporary world as a factor of geopolitical positioning of states [PDF]
Војно дело, 2017 The paper points to the importance of investing in the defense capabilities of a country, through the presentation of its military expenditures as a reference indicator of military power.
Đorđević Saša G.
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Conditions influencing the change of defense budgets - the case of Lithuania
Insights into Regional Development, 2021 During the so-called Cold War the financing of the defense budget was widely discussed. The issue of financing the defense budget was widely discussed during the arms race.
Gediminas Dubauskas
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The production of national defense and the macroeconomy.
PLoS ONE, 2020 This study investigates the interactions between defense production and the rest of the economy. We develop a two-sector dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with military and nonmilitary production.
José L Torres
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Military spending, public debt, and economic growth in Cameroon
Sustainable Futures, 2023 This paper investigates the effect of military spending and public debt on economic growth in Cameroon over the period 1980–2021. Due to the nature of the data, the methodology involves AutoRegressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) models.
Arsène Aurelien Njamen Kengdo
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Impact of Technological Innovation, Research and Development on the Defense Economy - Iran Country
Review of Innovation and Competitiveness, 2021 The Purpose. This research is to investigate the relationship between the variables of technological innovation, research and development costs, economic growth, sales and export of weapons and military costs in Iran for the years 2000 to 2017.
Bahman Khanalizadeh, Dr. Neda Ranjandish
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