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The Military Burden, Economic Growth, and the Human Suffering Index: Evidence from the LDCs

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A three-equation, simultaneous model for the military burden, economic growth, and a human suffering index is estimated for a cross-section of developing nations for the period 1973-84. Findings of the study include the sensitivity of the regression estimates to the particular constellation of nations in the sample; the relative importance of strategic and political determinants and the relative unimportance of economic determinants of the military burden; and support for the basic needs approach to alleviating poverty and human suffering in the contemporary developing nations. Copyright 1989 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Hess, Peter N, 1989. "The Military Burden, Economic Growth, and the Human Suffering Index: Evidence from the LDCs," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 13(4), pages 497-515, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cambje:v:13:y:1989:i:4:p:497-515
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    1. Gulay Gunluk-Senesen, 2002. "Budgetary trade-offs of security expenditures in Turkey," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(5), pages 385-403.
    2. Mark McGillivray & Farhad Noorbakhsh, 2004. "Composite Indices of Human Well-being: Past, Present, and Future," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2004-63, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee & Gour Goswami, 2006. "Military spending and the black market premium in developing countries," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(1), pages 77-91.
    4. Ming‐Chang Tsai, 2006. "Does Political Democracy Enhance Human Development in Developing Countries?," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 65(2), pages 233-268, April.
    5. Frederik Booysen, 2002. "An Overview and Evaluation of Composite Indices of Development," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 59(2), pages 115-151, August.

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