Military spending, fiscal capacity and the democracy puzzle
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Military spending; Democracy; State capacity; Political participation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
- N40 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - General, International, or Comparative
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