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A note on the international comparison of military expenditure

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  • Jacques Fontanel

    (CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble)

Abstract

The comparison of military expenditures raises some technical, economic and political difficulties, concerning mainly the differing national monetary units, conceptual differences, secrecy of information, chronological comparisons and the difficulty of define armaments. Exchange rates have several limitations as a conversion factor in international comparisons and chronological data have a problem to solve with general price indices, improvement and innovation of armaments. Using general purchasing-power parity is costly and need a lot of hypothesis. Then, special analyses must be applied in order to improve the military expenditures comparisons.

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  • Jacques Fontanel, 1987. "A note on the international comparison of military expenditure," Post-Print hal-02957012, HAL.
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    1. Y. Ivanov & I. Ryzhov, 1978. "A New Stage In The Activities O F The Council For Mutual Economic Assistance In The Field O F International Comparisons Of National Product," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 24(2), pages 177-184, June.
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    1. Jacques Fontanel, 2019. "Paix, guerre et sécurité économiques Pax Economica," Post-Print hal-03709146, HAL.
    2. Jacques Fontanel, 1988. "Les dépenses militaires dans le monde," Post-Print hal-02994998, HAL.
    3. Jacques Fontanel & Myriam Donsimoni, 1999. "Les dépenses militaires et les exportations d’armes des pays de l’ex Pacte de Varsovie de 1991 à 1996," Post-Print hal-03154061, HAL.
    4. Jacques Fontanel, 1988. "Les dépenses militaires dans le monde. Les écarts d'estimation selon les sources," Post-Print hal-03196483, HAL.

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