 Measuring the Effects of Military Spending: Cross Sections or Time Series?Chapter 22 in The Economics of International Security, 1994, pp 232-244 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Starting with the work of Benoit (1973), a large literature has developed providing econometric estimates of the economic effects of military spending. Currently a very large variety of conflicting results is available: see, for example, the reviews by Chan (1985) and Grobar and Porter (1989). This disparity has many causes, including differences in sample, source of data, theoretical specification, estimation method and functional form. But one source of disparity that has been much emphasized in the literature is the contrast between the results obtained from cross-section and time-series (longitudinal) studies. This chapter examines the relation between cross-section and time-series estimators, identifies the sources of disparity and discusses the relative advantages of each for measuring the economic effects of military expenditure. It also discusses the properties of a third procedure, pooling the data. Keywords: Military Expenditure; Military Spending; Defence Spending; Exogenous Regressor; Investment Case (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-23695-4_22 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-23695-4_22 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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