Defence spending and growth in Cyprus: A causal analysis

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-307

  Kollias, Christos ^a   Naxakis, Charis ^b   Zarangas, Leonidas ^b  

^a TEI of Larissa ^*  (Greece)

^b Epirus Institute of Technology Arta   (Greece)

Author keywords

Causality; Cointegration; Cyprus; Economic growth; Military expenditure; Structural breaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342304961     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1024269032000166864     Document Type: Review

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