Democracy and military expenditure: A cross-country evidence

Transition Studies Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-100

  Yildirim, Julide ^a   Sezgin, Selami ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Defence economics; Democracy; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044468202     PISSN: 16144007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11300-005-0037-0     Document Type: Article

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