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Military Expenditures, Growth and Welfare: A Simulation of the Macroeoconomic Impact of Military R&D

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  • Thierry Laurent

    (EPEE - Centre d'Etudes des Politiques Economiques - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne)

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This paper aims at providing a simple economic framework to address a somewhat neglected question of economic policy, namely the optimal share of investments in military R&D in total public spending. In order to capture the long-run impact of tax-financed military R&D on the growth rate, we develop an endogenous growth model in the spirit of Barra [1990]. The model focuses on the optimal sharing of public resources between consumption, civil investment, military R&D and other military expenditures. Taking into account two types of R&D tax-financed military R&D vs private (nonmilitary) R&D allows us to analyze how the government manages the optimal allocation of tax resources between public funding of military R&D on the one side, and the provision of subsidies to private R&D on the other side. The results emphasize the key role played by military R&D in enhancing economic growth and welfare in the long run.

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  • Thierry Laurent, 2012. "Military Expenditures, Growth and Welfare: A Simulation of the Macroeoconomic Impact of Military R&D," Post-Print hal-02878043, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02878043
    DOI: 10.3917/redp.226.0971
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