Modelling the relationship between defense spending and economic growth for the Fiji islands

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-401

  Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a   Singh, Baljeet ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Bounds test for cointegration; Fiji; Granger causality; Military expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249714783     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690600807924     Document Type: Article

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