Military expenditure and economic growth: A meta-analysis

A Alptekin, P Levine - European Journal of Political Economy, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Meta analysis is conducted to review 32 empirical studies with 169 estimates of the effect of
military expenditure on economic growth. We formulate four hypotheses to examine the …

[HTML][HTML] Political cycles in public expenditure: Butter vs guns

V Bove, G Efthyvoulou, A Navas - Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This paper explores, theoretically and empirically, how governments may use the tradeoff
between social and military expenditure to advance their electoral and partisan objectives …

The effect of military expenditure on growth: an empirical synthesis

S Awaworyi Churchill, SL Yew - Empirical Economics, 2018‏ - Springer
Using a sample of 272 meta-observations drawn from 48 primary studies, this paper
conducts a meta-analysis of the empirical literature that examines the impact of military …

Military spending and economic growth: a panel data investigation

E Desli, A Gkoulgkoutsika - Economic Change and Restructuring, 2021‏ - Springer
The present study examines the worldwide effect of military spending on economic growth
for the period 1960–2017 utilizing the dynamic common correlated effects estimator that …

Deconstructing the 'Yoshida Doctrine'

H Hoshiro - Japanese Journal of Political Science, 2022‏ - cambridge.org
There is a consensus that the post-war Japanese foreign policy is based on the Yoshida
Doctrine or Yoshida Line, which refers to the strategies of former Prime Minister Shigeru …

Does government size affect per‐capita income growth? A hierarchical meta‐regression analysis

S Awaworyi Churchill, M Ugur, SL Yew - Economic Record, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Since the late 1970s, the received wisdom has been that government size (measured as the
ratio of total government expenditure to gross domestic product (GDP) or government …

Military expenditure, economic growth and structural instability: a case study of South Africa

GC Aye, M Balcilar, JP Dunne, R Gupta… - Defence and Peace …, 2014‏ - Taylor & Francis
This paper contributes to the growing literature on the milex-growth nexus, by providing a
case study of South Africa and considering the possibility of structural breaks by applying …

Military spending and economic growth in China: a regime-switching analysis

F Menla Ali, O Dimitraki - Applied Economics, 2014‏ - Taylor & Francis
This article investigates the impact of military spending changes on economic growth in
China over the period 1953 to 2010. Using two-state Markov-switching specifications, the …

The effect of military spending on income inequality: evidence from NATO countries

C Michael, R Stelios - Empirical Economics, 2020‏ - Springer
This paper analyzes the impact of defense spending on income inequality in 14 NATO
countries, using SIPRI data for the period 1977–2007. We account for potential endogeneity …

Interactional Impact of Defence Expenditure and Political Instability on Economic Growth in Nigeria: Revisited

O Dimitraki, K Emmanouilidis - Defence and Peace Economics, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Over the last decade empirical research has increasingly recognized the significance of
understanding how defence spending and political stability jointly influence economic …