Revisiting the nexus between military spending and growth in the European union

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 265-272

  Mylonidis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Economic growth; European Union; Military expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249124863     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690802164801     Document Type: Conference Paper

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