Cappelen, Ådne; Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Bjerkholt, Olav - In: Journal of Peace Research 21 (1984) 4, pp. 361-373
Cross-national comparisons of industrialized countries indicate that countries with a high defense burden (military spending as a share of GDP) tend to have lower rates of economic growth than do countries with a low defense burden. On the other hand, longitudinal data for several industrial...
