Defense spending and economic growth in developing countries: A causality analysis

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 651-658

  Dakurah, A Henry ^a   Davies, Stephen P ^a   Sampath, Rajan K ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Defense spending; Granger causality; Less developed countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041871005     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-8938(01)00079-5     Document Type: Article

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