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Military expenditure and economic growth: A demand and supply model for Greece, 1960-96

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  • Paul Dunne
  • Eftychia Nikolaidou

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This paper contributes to the continuing debate on the economic effects of military expenditure by undertaking a case study of Greece. Within Europe Greece provides a particularly interesting object of study. It has the highest military burden in Europe and NATO, is the only European Union country situated in the unstable environment of the Balkans, faces a military threat from Turkey, and has a very weak economy. After some background analysis of the economy and military expenditure, the paper investigates the determinants of Greek military expenditure as well as whether the high military burden has played an important role in Greece's poor economic performance over the period 1960-1996. It estimates a Keynesian simultaneous equation model with a supply side, which allows the indirect effects of military expenditure to be captured explicitly. It concludes that the major determinants of Greek defence spending are not economic but strategic (the threat of war) and that the direct effect of defence spending on economic growth as well as the indirect effects through savings and trade balance are all significantly negative. On the basis of such strong results, the paper concludes that defence spending is harmful for the Greek economy.

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  • Paul Dunne & Eftychia Nikolaidou, 2001. "Military expenditure and economic growth: A demand and supply model for Greece, 1960-96," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 47-67.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:defpea:v:12:y:2001:i:1:p:47-67
    DOI: 10.1080/10430710108404976
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