Using global data for the period
1960-99, the authors estimate neighborhood arms races. They
find that the level of military expenditure is strongly
influenced by the expenditure of neighbors. The authors
estimate an "arms race multiplier," finding that
an initial exogenous increase in military expenditure by one
country is more than doubled in both the originating country
and its neighbor. An implication is that military
expenditure is, to an extent, a "regional public
bad." Potentially, there is an offsetting public good
effect if rebellions are deterred by military expenditure.
However, instrumenting for military expenditure, the authors
find no deterrence effect of military spending on the risk
of internal conflict. So there appears to be no regional
public good effect offsetting the public bad arising from a
neighborhood arms race.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Collier, Paul,
Hoeffler, Anke |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2002-11
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| Subjects: | ACTIONS,
ARMAMENTS,
ARMS,
ARMS RACE,
CIVIL CONFLICT,
CIVIL WAR,
CIVIL WARS,
COEFFICIENT OF POPULATION DISPERSION,
COLD WAR,
CONFLICT,
CONFLICT RISK,
CONFLICTS,
COUNTER-INSURGENCY,
DEFENSE,
DEMOCRACY,
DEMOCRATIC REGIMES,
DEMOCRATIZATION,
DETERRENCE,
DICTATORSHIP,
DISPUTES,
END OF WORLD WAR,
ETHNIC DOMINANCE,
ETHNIC FRACTIONALIZATION,
ETHNIC GROUP,
EXPENDITURE,
FINANCIAL RESOURCES,
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS,
GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION,
INCOME PER CAPITA,
INCREASE IN RISK,
INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS,
INSURGENCY,
INTERNAL CONFLICT,
INTERNAL SECURITY,
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT,
INTERNATIONAL WAR,
LINGUISTIC DATA,
LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION,
LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION INDEX,
LINGUISTIC GROUP,
LOBBYING,
MILITARY ADVANTAGE,
MILITARY AIRCRAFT,
MILITARY BUDGETS,
MILITARY CAPABILITY,
MILITARY EQUIPMENT,
MILITARY EXPENDITURES,
MILITARY GOVERNMENT,
MILITARY POWER,
MILITARY SPENDING,
MOTIVATIONS,
NAVY,
PEACE,
PEACE PERIOD,
PEACE RESEARCH,
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS,
POLITICAL POWER,
POST-CONFLICT,
REBEL RECRUITMENT,
REBELLION,
REBELLIONS,
RELIGIOUS FRACTIONALIZATION,
RELIGIOUS FRACTIONALIZATION INDEX,
RISK OF CONFLICT,
RISK OF REBELLION,
SOCIAL COST,
SOCIAL FRACTIONALIZATION,
STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
TRADE AGREEMENTS,
WARFARE, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2075372/military-expenditure-threats-aid-arms-races
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19207
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