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Can Europe Deliver NATO’s Five Percent?: Fiscal Constraints, Political Feasibility and Security Beyond Spending Targets

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  • Bolouri Armin

    (Berlin School of Economics and Law; and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.)

  • Lohse Tim

    (Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany.)

  • Qari Salmai

    (Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany.)

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  • Bolouri Armin & Lohse Tim & Qari Salmai, 2026. "Can Europe Deliver NATO’s Five Percent?: Fiscal Constraints, Political Feasibility and Security Beyond Spending Targets," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Sciendo, vol. 61(2), pages 86-93.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:intere:v:61:y:2026:i:2:p:86-93:n:1007
    DOI: 10.2478/ie-2026-0018
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    5. Qari, Salmai & Börger, Tobias & Lohse, Tim & Meyerhoff, Jürgen, 2024. "The value of national defense: Assessing public preferences for defense policy options," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
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    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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