MILITARY EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES: A DYNAMIC PANEL DATA ANALYSIS
Defence expenditures have both costs and benefits to the economy. The costs of defence expenditures are mainly emphasized as opportunity costs. On the other hand, defence spending may have growth‐promoting potential benefits: a rise in defence spending may result in a higher aggregate demand, production and employment. This paper examines empirically the effects of military expenditures on economic growth for Middle Eastern countries and Turkey, for the time‐period 1989–1999. The relationship between military expenditure and economic growth is investigated by using cross‐section and dynamic panel estimation techniques. Empirical analysis indicates that military expenditure enhances economic growth in the Middle Eastern countries and Turkey as a whole.
Keywords: Defence economics; Dynamic panel data analysis; Economic growth; Military expenditure
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Department of Econometrics, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey 2: Department of Public Finance, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey 3: Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Publication date: 01 August 2005
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