Does defence spending matter to employment in Taiwan?

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-115

  Huang, Jr Tsung ^a   Kao, An Pang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Defence spending; Employment; Real monthly salary; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844454294     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690500070094     Document Type: Article

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