Models of military expenditure and growth: A critical review

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 449-461

  Dunne, J Paul ^a   Smith, Ron P ^b   Willenbockel, Dirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defence spending; Growth; Military expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144507647     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690500167791     Document Type: Article

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