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Does development aid increase military expenditure?
Langlotz, Sarah; Potrafke, Niklas - 2016
The diversion of development aid to the recipient's military may be one explanation why aid is often found to be … ineffective in promoting economic growth and development. Previous studies have not derived the causal effects of development aid … on military expenditure. Using a new instrumental variable strategy, we examine whether bilateral development aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539046
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Does development aid increase military expenditure?
Langlotz, Sarah; Potrafke, Niklas - 2016 - This version: September 2016
The diversion of development aid to the recipient’s military may be one explanation why aid is often found to be … ineffective in promoting economic growth and development. Previous studies have not derived the causal effects of development aid … on military expenditure. Using a new instrumental variable strategy, we examine whether bilateral development aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542201
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Can war foster cooperation?
Bauer, Michal; Blattman, Christopher J.; Chytilová, Julie - 2016
In the past decade, nearly 20 studies have found a strong, persistent pattern in surveys and behavioral experiments from over 40 countries: individual exposure to war violence tends to increase social cooperation at the local level, including community participation and prosocial behavior. Thus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493852
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Military spending, armed conflict and economic growth in developing countries in the post-cold war ara
Aziz, M. Nusrate; Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz - 2016
This paper re-examines the causal impact of military expenditure on growth in the presence of internal and external threats for the period 1990-2013 using data from 70 developing countries. We find that differences in methods, model specifications, and the underlying estimation sample partly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474478
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The Impact of Worldwide Military Spending Cuts on Developing Countries
Bayoumi, Tamim - 2006
This paper investigates the economic impact of a coordinated reduction in military expenditures of 20 percent using a specially modified version of the MULTIMOD world economic model. Simulation results indicate that in developing countries the present value of consumption increases by 46 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012781586
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Fiscal Multipliers in Advanced and Developing Countries : Evidence from Military Spending
Sheremirov, Viacheslav - 2019
Using novel data on military spending for 129 countries in the period 1988–2013, this paper provides new evidence on the effects of government spending on output in advanced and developing countries. Identifying government-spending shocks with an exogenous variation in military spending,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888988
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Fiscal Consequences of Terrorism
Cevik, Serhan - 2016
This paper provides an empirical analysis of how the frequency and severity of terrorism affectgovernment revenue and expenditure during the period 1970-2013 using a panel dataset on153 countries. We find that terrorism has only a marginal negative effect on tax revenueperformance, after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002155
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Can War Foster Cooperation?
Bauer, Michal - 2016
In the past decade, nearly 20 studies have found a strong, persistent pattern in surveys and behavioral experiments from over 40 countries: individual exposure to war violence tends to increase social cooperation at the local level, including community participation and prosocial behavior. Thus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987970
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Imported Food Price Shocks and Socio-Political Instability : Do Fiscal Policy and Remittances Matter?
Meyimdjui, Carine - 2021
Using a panel of 101 low- and middle-income countries with data covering the period 1980-2012, this paper applies various econometric approaches that deal with endogeneity issues to assess the impact of food price shocks on socio-political instability once fiscal policy and remittances have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252035
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The Ukraine support tracker : which countries help Ukraine and how?
Antezza, Arianna; Frank, André; Frank, Pascal; Franz, Lukas - 2022 - This is the third version (May 18, 2022) of the paper and database
This paper presents the “Ukraine Support Tracker”, which lists and quantifies military, financial and humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war. This third version covers government commitments between January 24 and May 10, 2022. We now track support by 37...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198980