Does Military Spending Really Matter for Economic Growth in China and G7 Countries: The Roles of Dependency and Heterogeneity

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-191

  Chang, Tsangyao ^a   Lee, Chien Chiang ^b   Hung, Ken ^c   Lee, Kuo Hao ^d  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Texas AandM International University   (United States)

^d BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China and G7 Countries; Dependency and heterogeneity; Economic growth; Military expenditure; Panel causality test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896490221     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2013.763460     Document Type: Article

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