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Military in politics and budgetary allocations

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  • Bove, Vincenzo
  • Nisticò, Roberto

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This paper investigates the effect of military involvement in politics on budgetary allocations for defence. We employ a variety of econometric models, including pooled OLS and panel data with fixed effects and control for other known determinants of military spending. To deal with endogeneity issues, we also use an IV methodology and find that a higher degree of military involvement in policy-making increases the probability that the military obtain a larger share of output.

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  • Bove, Vincenzo & Nisticò, Roberto, 2014. "Military in politics and budgetary allocations," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 42(4), pages 1065-1078.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcecon:v:42:y:2014:i:4:p:1065-1078
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2014.02.002
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    Military in politics; Military expenditure; IV estimates;
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    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War

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