The relationship between defense spending and economic growth in the united states

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 760-770

  Heo, Uk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmented Solow Model; Defense Spending; Economic Growth; Feder Ram Based Model; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649847618     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912909334427     Document Type: Article

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