Military Expenditure : Threats, Aid, and Arms Races

Military Expenditure : Threats, Aid, and Arms Races

Using global data for the period 1960-99, the authors estimate neighborhood arms races. They find that the level of military expenditure is strongly influenced by the expenditure of neighbors. The authors estimate an "arms race multiplier,&quo...

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Main Authors: Collier, Paul, Hoeffler, Anke
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACTIONS
ARMAMENTS
ARMS
ARMS RACE
CIVIL CONFLICT
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
COEFFICIENT OF POPULATION DISPERSION
COLD WAR
CONFLICT
CONFLICT RISK
CONFLICTS
COUNTER-INSURGENCY
DEFENSE
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC REGIMES
DEMOCRATIZATION
DETERRENCE
DICTATORSHIP
DISPUTES
END OF WORLD WAR
ETHNIC DOMINANCE
ETHNIC FRACTIONALIZATION
ETHNIC GROUP
EXPENDITURE
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION
INCOME PER CAPITA
INCREASE IN RISK
INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS
INSURGENCY
INTERNAL CONFLICT
INTERNAL SECURITY
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
INTERNATIONAL WAR
LINGUISTIC DATA
LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION
LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION INDEX
LINGUISTIC GROUP
LOBBYING
MILITARY ADVANTAGE
MILITARY AIRCRAFT
MILITARY BUDGETS
MILITARY CAPABILITY
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
MILITARY EXPENDITURES
MILITARY GOVERNMENT
MILITARY POWER
MILITARY SPENDING
MOTIVATIONS
NAVY
PEACE
PEACE PERIOD
PEACE RESEARCH
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL POWER
POST-CONFLICT
REBEL RECRUITMENT
REBELLION
REBELLIONS
RELIGIOUS FRACTIONALIZATION
RELIGIOUS FRACTIONALIZATION INDEX
RISK OF CONFLICT
RISK OF REBELLION
SOCIAL COST
SOCIAL FRACTIONALIZATION
STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
TRADE AGREEMENTS
WARFARE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2075372/military-expenditure-threats-aid-arms-races
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19207

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2075372/military-expenditure-threats-aid-arms-races
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19207

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