The long-run relationship between defence expenditures and GDP in Taiwan

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-385

  Lee, Chien Chiang ^a   Chang, Chun Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capital stock; Cointegration; Defence expenditures; Economic growth; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745988246     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690600612738     Document Type: Article

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