Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

The demand for military spending in developing countries

Dunne, John Paul; Perlo-Freeman, Sam

Authors

John Paul Dunne

Sam Perlo-Freeman



Abstract

Numerous studies have estimated demand for military expenditure in terms of economic, political and strategic variables. Ten years after the end of the Cold War, this paper attempts to ascertain if the new strategic environment has changed the pattern of determinants, by estimating cross-country demand functions for developing countries for periods during and just after the Cold War. The results suggest that, for both periods, military burden depended on neighbours' military spending and internal and external conflict. Democracy and population both relate negatively to military burden. There is little evidence of a change in the underlying relationship between the periods.

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2003
Journal International Review of Applied Economics
Print ISSN 0269-2171
Electronic ISSN 1465-3486
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 17
Issue 1
Pages 23-48
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/713673166
Keywords military spending, developing countries
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1072935
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713673166


Downloadable Citations