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The Demand for Military Expenditure in Developing Countries: Hostility versus Capability

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  • J Paul Dunne

    (School of Economics, University of the West of England)

  • Samuel Perlo-Freeman

    (School of Economics, University of the West of England)

  • Ron P Smith

    (Birkbeck College, London)

Abstract

This paper has considers the interpretation of the empirical results of the developing literature on the demand for military spending that specifies a general model with arms race and spillover effects and estimates it on cross-section and panel data. It questions whether it is meaningful to talk of an ‘arms race’ in panel data or cross-section data, and suggests that it may be more appropriate to talk about the relevant variables – aggregate military spending of the ‘Security Web’ (i.e. all neighbours and other security-influencing powers) and the aggregate military spending of ‘Potential Enemies’– as acting as proxies for threat perceptions, which will reflect both hostility and capability.

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  • J Paul Dunne & Samuel Perlo-Freeman & Ron P Smith, 2007. "The Demand for Military Expenditure in Developing Countries: Hostility versus Capability," Working Papers 0707, Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol.
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    Keywords

    Military Spending; Developing Countries; Demand.;
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    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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