Military spending and economic growth in sri lanka: A time series analysis

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 499-508

  Wijeweera, Albert ^a   Webb, Matthew J ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Military spending; Sri Lanka; VAR analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949086174     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690902868301     Document Type: Article

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