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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Yazar: Clements, Benedict
Diğer Yazarlar: Gupta, Sanjeev, Khamidova, Saida
Materyal Türü: Dergi
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Seri Bilgileri:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/196
Online Erişim:Full text available on IMF