Military spending and the growth-maximizing allocation of public capital: A cross-country empirical analysis

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1029-1041

  Kalaitzidakis, Pantelis ^a   Tzouvelekas, Vangelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 80053087959     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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