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Trade-Offs between Military Spending, Quality of Life and Economic Growth

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  • Hae S Kim

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To analyze the effect of military spending on the quality of life and economic growth, 101 countries are grouped by political system and economic conditions. Trade-offs between military spending and quality of life are correlated to peace, as manifested with the inception of the post-Cold War era, and tension, as featured by the Cold War period. Trade-offs between military spending and economic growth are absent for both the Cold War and post-Cold War periods, under any conditions of ethnic diversity, urbanization and population growth. Overall, regardless of the amount of defense burden countries shoulder, excessive population growth and ethnic heterogeneity were found detrimental to the quality of life and economic growth in both authoritarian and democratic countries during the time of tension or peace.

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  • Hae S Kim, 1996. "Trade-Offs between Military Spending, Quality of Life and Economic Growth," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 38(4), pages 69-84, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:compes:v:38:y:1996:i:4:p:69-84
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    1. Ageli, Mohammed Moosa & Zaidan, Shatha Mousa, 2012. "Consequential Effects of Defence Expenditure on Economic Growth of Saudi Arabia: 1970-2012," MPRA Paper 46590, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Rajeev K. Goel & James W. Saunoris, 2016. "Military Buildups, Economic Development and Corruption," Manchester School, University of Manchester, vol. 84(6), pages 697-722, December.
    3. 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.
    4. Ali Hamid E., 2011. "Military Expenditures and Human Development: Guns and Butter Arguments Revisited: A Case Study from Egypt," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 17(1), pages 1-21, September.

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