Arms trade, military spending, and economic growth

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-338

  Yakovlev, Pavel ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arms trade; Defense spending; Economic growth; Military expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249731995     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690601099679     Document Type: Article

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