Middle Powers And The Demand For Military Expenditures

Mohamed Douch and Binyam Solomon

Defence and Peace Economics, 2014, vol. 25, issue 6, 605-618

Abstract: This paper identifies and classifies middle power nations through the use of broad political science definitions, the demand for military expenditures models and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. The latter is used as a simple quantifiable measure of relative and potential military power. The paper also develops and utilizes a threat variable that is applicable to middle power nations. The panel data analysis shows that the middle power nations react to threat variables that proxy global instability utilize foreign aid as a complementary policy tool along with military expenditures, and face significant trade-offs between military and non-military government spending.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2013.861652

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