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MILITARY EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES: A DYNAMIC PANEL DATA ANALYSIS
Yildirim, Julide; Sezgin, Selami; Ocal, Nadir - In: Defence and Peace Economics 16 (2005) 4, pp. 283-295
Defence expenditures have both costs and benefits to the economy. The costs of defence expenditures are mainly emphasized as opportunity costs. On the other hand, defence spending may have growth-promoting potential benefits: a rise in defence spending may result in a higher aggregate demand,...
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Democracy and Military Expenditure: A Cross-Country Evidence
Yildirim, Julide; Sezgin, Selami - In: Transition Studies Review 12 (2005) 1, pp. 93-100
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Military expenditures and political regimes: Evidence from global data, 1963–2000
Töngür, Ünal; Hsu, Sara; Elveren, Adem Yavuz - In: Economic Modelling 44 (2015) C, pp. 68-79
between democracy and military expenditures. …
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Military Expenditures and Political Regimes: An Analysis Using Global Data, 1963-2001
Tongur, Unal; Hsu, Sara; Elveren, Adem Yavuz - İktisat Bölümü, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - 2013
democracy and military expenditures. Our results yield two crucial facts. First, social democratic political regimes have a … tendency to spend less on armaments as a share of the national income; compared to social democracy all other political regimes … democracy and military burden. Second, the analysis shows that higher income inequality, regardless of the model specification …
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Income and Democracy; Lipset's Law Revisited
Hoeffler, Anke; Bates, Robert H.; Fayad, Ghada - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
We revisit Lipset‘s law, which posits a positive and significant relationship between income and democracy. Using … democracy: higher/lower incomes per capita hinder/trigger democratization. Decomposing overall income per capita into its …
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ON THE DETERMINANTS OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS
Freund, Caroline; Jaud, Melise - In: Understanding the Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
The following section are included:IntroductionWhat Do Democratic Transitions Look Like?How Do Transitions Happen?What Makes Transitions Successful?ConclusionAppendixAcknowledgmentsReferences
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POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN TURKEY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF POLITICAL ISLAM (1950–2010)
Ersel, Hasan - In: Understanding the Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
The following section are included:IntroductionThe Single-Party Regime and Étatism (1923–1945)Transition to Multi-Party Regime (1946–1950)Infancy Phase of the Multi-Party Regime — Failure on Both Fronts (1950–1960)Multi-Party Regime on a Fragile PathTowards an Open Market EconomyThe...
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SOCIAL ORDER, RENTS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN IRAN SINCE THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Esfahani, Hadi Salehi; Gürakar, Esra Çeviker - In: Understanding the Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
The following section are included:IntroductionThe FrameworkSocial Order and Economic Conditions in Iran in Early 20th CenturyTransformation of Social Order under Reza ShahEconomic and Political Change under Mohammad-Reza ShahFormation of the Islamic Republic under Ayatollah...
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DETECTING CORRUPTION AND EVALUATING PROGRAMS TO CONTROL IT: SOME LESSONS FOR MENA
Nugent, Jeffrey B. - In: Understanding the Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
The following section are included:IntroductionModel of Principal and AgentMethods of Fighting Corruption and Relevant EvidenceConclusionsAcknowledgmentsReferences
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ENHANCING COMPETITION IN A POST-REVOLUTIONARY ARAB CONTEXT: DOES THE TURKISH EXPERIENCE PROVIDE ANY LESSONS?
Atiyas, Izak - In: Understanding the Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
The following section are included:IntroductionA Competition Enhancing Reform PackageThe Experience of TurkeyEvaluation: Trade-Offs and Challenges of Enhancing CompetitionConclusionAcknowledgmentsReferences
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