DEFENCE SPENDING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE EU15

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 537-548

  Dunne, John Paul ^a,c   Nikolaidou, Eftychia ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

Author keywords

Defence spending; Economic growth; EU15; Panel data; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869788784     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2012.663575     Document Type: Article

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