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Intelligence and defense spending: a cross-country evidence

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This paper investigates the association between intelligence and military expenditure, across 159 nations during the 1990-2013 period. The econometric results we provide are surprising. On one hand, we fail to confirm that intelligence has monotonic effect on military spending. However, the results also suggest a novel type of intelligence-military spending nexus. In particular, the regression estimates show that there is inverted U-shaped relationship between IQ and military expenditure. From a policy perspective these findings suggest that cognitive development that increases military expenditures is sustainable so long as defense sector has positive spillovers on economic and social well-being.

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  • Salahodjaev, Raufhon, 2016. "Intelligence and defense spending: a cross-country evidence," MPRA Paper 70252, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    military; expenditure; intelligence; cross-country; IQ;
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    • F52 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - National Security; Economic Nationalism

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