A note on the causal relationship between defence spending and growth in Greece: 1955-93

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-184

  Kollias, Christos ^a,c   Makrydakis, Stelios ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Economy and Finance Greece   (Greece)

^c TEI of Larissa ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Granger causality; Greek military spending; Structural breaks; Unit roots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348191243     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10430710008404945     Document Type: Article

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