Military expenditure and granger causality: A critical review

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 427-441

  Dunne, J Paul ^a,b   Smith, Ron P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causality; Economic growth; Military spending; VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650233113     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2010.501185     Document Type: Review

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