Opportunity cost of defense: An evaluation in the case of france

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 247-259

  Malizard, Julien ^a  

^a UMR ART Dev   (France)

Author keywords

Economic Growth; French Military Expenditure; Granger causality; Opportunity cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878795547     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2012.692056     Document Type: Article

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