Abstract This study examines the complexities involved in calculating impact of military spending on economic growth, as well reasons for lack consensus academic literature. It explores econometric approaches panels and provides a brief overview theory, highlighting difficult identification challenges identifying connection between expenditures output. Using enlarged SIPRI data, relatively larg...

The article aims to identify the dependence of military expenditures and selected economic determinants on example V4 countries in years 1999-2020. following are as determinants: size gross domestic product, rate inflation, debt deficit government sector unemployment. Correlation analysis proved expected relationship between product expenditure Hungary especially Poland. spending unemployment w...

Purpose – The purpose of the article is to compare macroeconomic effects military and non-military government spending on Polish economy, which particularly relevant in context rapid rise after outbreak war Ukraine. Research method research based a new-Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model estimated for economy. developed study takes into account differences between 3 types spe...

An enduring and important debate in economics concerns the effects of military spending on economic growth. It has generated a huge literature, with a variety of results and no clear consensus. The end of the Cold War led to marked reductions in military burdens and to renewed concerns on whether this was likely to lead to a ‘peace dividend’ or a ‘peace penalty’. This paper revisits the debate ...

Evidence suggests that humans have neurological specializations for music processing, but a compelling adaptationist account of music and dance is lacking. The sexual selection hypothesis cannot easily account for the widespread performance of music and dance in groups (especially synchronized performances), and the social bonding hypothesis has severe theoretical difficulties. Humans are uniqu...