Do democracies spend less on national defense? This paper provides new evidence of the
effect of democracy on defense burden based on a Spatial Durbin Model with panel data for …

Using auto regressive distributed lag (ARDL) bound testing, it was determined what factors
influence Pakistani military spending. World Development Indicators of the World Bank …

Defense spending is a multifaceted phenomenon. In recent years, economists and policy
makers have been interested in the explanation of the relationship between defense …

This study empirically estimates the fiscal consequences of terrorism in Pakistan by using
annual time series data from 1984 to 2016. By employing the autoregressive distributed lag …

The decreasing trend of Malaysian annual allocation towards military expenditure in the past
16 years ago has become a subject of interest for this research paper. This paper aim to …

This study aims to analyze the relationship between defense expenditure and growth of the
economy in Sri Lanka applying annual data during the period between 1990-2019 by …

This study employs the Richardson model to investigate the presence of an arms race
between Pakistan and India during the period 1972–2010. Using the generalized method of …

This study aims to analyze determinants of military expenditure in Iran, using the
neoclassical demand model. For this end, the latest available data is used for a period of 47 …

Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, countries are pushed to develop efficient
strategies for combating terrorism and improving law and order. This study looks into the …

This study has investigated the factors that influence the demand for defense expenditures
in Pakistan. The study has employed Johansen-Julius cointegration technique by using the …