Military expenditure and employment in Turkey

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-139

  Yildirim, Jülide ^a   Sezgin, Selami ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Employment; Military expenditure; Real wages; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037375193     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690302919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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