this study investigates the causal linkages between military spending and economic growth in opec selected countries (i.e. algeria, angola, nigeria, venezuela, iran, kuwait, saudi arabia and ecuador) by focusing country-specific analysis for the period 1995–2012. for this, the panel causality testing approach, the method developed by emirmahmutoglu and kose (2011) based on the vector autoregres...

This paper aims to examine the growth-government spending nexus for Algeria. Our empirical investigation follows endogenous growth literature by using GDP rate as dependent variable and government expenditure a share of main explanatory variable. We then perform Hansen’s (2317) regression kink model with an unknown threshold estimate optimal size during period 1973-2020. The obtained results co...

the domination of ottomans on algeria was resulted by spanish invasions to the shores of this land during the 16th century. so the algeria emirate appealed to famous barbarossa brothers. supported by the ottoman sultan, hayreddin barbarossa conquered algiers in 1529 and changed it to a military base and dominated the eastern mediterranean areas powerfully. they ensured the development of ottoma...

August 2016 Dr. Jaroslaw Jarzabek explores military spending increases across G.C.C. states to illuminate the drivers for military expansion and spending in the region, and the relevance of these issues in a global context. The type of weaponry that is commonly purchased by G.C.C. states is not geared toward counterterrorism, but rather to external threats, largely emanating from Iran. While G....

In the economic literature, it is considered that defense expenditure, which characterized as public spending, can negatively affect growth either through crowding out effect of investments within framework Neo-Classical Approach, or positively by increasing aggregate demand Keynesian Approach. Benoit examined relationship between and military spending in developing countries his study 1973 he ...

The relation between economic growth and military resource allocations is complex. On the one hand, more rapid growth and a larger gross domestic product (GDP) increases resources available for military spending. On the other hand, larger allocations for military purposes may slow economic growth, to the extent that such allocations reduce non-military capital formation. Moreover, the scale of ...

Does trade openness systematically imply bigger governments, as proposed by Rodrik (Journal of Political Economy, 106, 997 and 1998)? This paper presents a novel more refined explanation for when why international may enlarge the public sector. We propose that is associated with governments via compensation pathway if i $$ (i) price volatility country's export basket substantial ii (ii) country...