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The demand for military expenditure in developing countries: Hostility versus capability
Dunne, J. P. print, Perlo-Freeman, S. print and Smith, R. print (2008) The demand for military expenditure in developing countries: Hostility versus capability. Defence and Peace Economics, 19 (4). pp. 293-302. ISSN 1024-2694
Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242690802166566 AbstractThis paper has considers the interpretation of the empirical results of the developing literature on the demand for military spending that specifies a general model with arms race and spillover effects and estimates it on cross-section and panel data. It questions whether it is meaningful to talk of an ‘arms race’ in panel data or cross-section data, and suggests that it may be more appropriate to talk about the relevant variables – aggregate military spending of the ‘Security Web’ (i.e. all neighbours and other security-influencing powers) and the aggregate military spending of ‘Potential Enemies’– as acting as proxies for threat perceptions, which will reflect both hostility and capability.
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