Is Military Spending Converging Across Countries? : An Examination of Trends and Key Determinants /

This paper studies the evolution of worldwide military spending during 1970-2018. It finds that military spending in relation to GDP is converging, but into three separate groups of countries. In the largest group, responsible for 90 percent of worldwide spending, outlays have remained stubbornly hi...

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Autor principal: Clements, Benedict
Outros Autores: Gupta, Sanjeev, Khamidova, Saida
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/196
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF