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- Title
The Military Expenditure – Economic Growth Nexus Revisited: Evidence from the United Kingdom.
- Authors
Hanson, Robert; Jeon, Joo Young
- Abstract
The relationship between government defence expenditure and economic growth is a debated topic. This study uses UK data for the period of 1960–2012 and applies two of the most prevailing theories used within the literature, the 'Feder-Ram' and the 'augmented Solow' models, to assess this question. We utilise traditional model specifications, alongside extensively altered versions of both models, enabling a comprehensive comparison between them. The alterations to the models include re-evaluating how core variables are expressed, inclusion of measures of conflict, the impact of recession, etc. The results show that the augmented Solow model outperforms the Feder-Ram model, and we provide some explanations for this result. In addition, our results suggest that military expenditure has a positive effect on economic growth within the UK, implying that the decision to reduce defence spending may have been detrimental to the UK economy.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; ECONOMIC expansion; PUBLIC spending; RECESSIONS
- Publication
Peace Economics, Peace Science, & Public Policy, 2024, Vol 30, Issue 2, p207
- ISSN
1554-8597
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/peps-2023-0059