The Economic Consequences of Defense Expenditures in the Middle East
Abstract
Since the Middle East has the highest defense burden (defense expenditures as
a share of gross domestic product) in the developing world, it is of some interest
to assess the extent military expenditures have influenced national efforts at
expanding investment. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to assess whether
military expenditures in five of the major defense spenders, namely Algeria,
Egypt, Syria, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, have been at the expense of physical
capital accumulation as well as other macroeconomic aggregates.
Description
METU Studies in Development 21:1, 1994.
Refereed Journal Article
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