Military Spending and Economic Growth in South Asia: A Panel Data Analysis

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 545-554

  Wijeweera, Albert ^a   Webb, Matthew J ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Military spending; Panel co integration; South Asian countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859076104     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2010.533905     Document Type: Article

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