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Military Expenditure International Comparison of Trends

This paper analyzes trends in world military expenditure by examining the shares of different country groups and the ratio to GDP of individual nations. The coverage is military expenditures in 125 countries from 1972 to 1988. The study also compares military expenditures as a proportion of central...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hewitt, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 1991
Series:IMF Working Papers
Subjects:
Labour; Income Economics
Budget Systems
Employment; Economic Theory
Public Finance & Taxation
Aggregate Labor Productivity
Unemployment
Budget Planning And Preparation
Public Employment
Aggregate Human Capital
Budgeting
Defense Spending
Labor
National Security And War
National Government Expenditures And Related Policies: General
Expenditure
Budget
Expenditures, Public
Central Government Spending
Public Financial Management (pfm)
Wages
Budgeting & Financial Management
National Budget
Intergenerational Income Distribution
Public Finance
Employment
United States
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This paper analyzes trends in world military expenditure by examining the shares of different country groups and the ratio to GDP of individual nations. The coverage is military expenditures in 125 countries from 1972 to 1988. The study also compares military expenditures as a proportion of central government expenditures; analyzes the budgetary trade-off between military, social, and development expenditures; and discusses the impact of military expenditures on economic development
Physical Description:52 pages
ISBN:9781451847420

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