Externalities in Military Spending and Growth: The Role of Natural Resources as a Channel through Conflict

Vusal Musayev ()

Defence and Peace Economics, 2016, vol. 27, issue 3, 378-391

Abstract: This investigation re-examines the potential sources of positive externalities for the relationship between military spending and economic growth using recent advances in panel estimation methods and a large data-set on military expenditure. The investigation provides a new analysis on the relationship between conflict, corruption, natural resources and military expenditure and their direct and indirect effects on economic growth. The analysis finds that the impact of military expenditure on growth is generally negative as in the literature, but that it is not significantly detrimental for countries facing higher internal threats and for countries with large natural resource wealth once corruption levels are accounted for.

Date: 2016
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