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...

This preliminary study examines the problem of tradeoffs between defense and different sectors of economic activity. The findings demonstrate the inappropriateness of the techniques used in a number of previous studies. The evidence also suggests that the extent to which a sector is affected by...

Objectives, background, context -- Population trends in China and India: -- Demographic dividend or demographic drag? -- China-India: a macroeconomic assessment -- Science and technology -- Chinese & Indian defense and defense procurement spending to 2025 -- Conclusions and implications --...