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ID187360
Title ProperDeterminants of Defense Spending
Other Title Informationthe Role of Strategic Factors in France
LanguageENG
AuthorMalizard, Julien ;  Josselin, Droff
Summary / Abstract (Note)This paper examines the main determinants of French defense spending over the period 1958–2017. To estimate the determinants of defense spending, the demand defense literature considers both economic and strategic factors such as conflicts, threats, and alliances. Our approach is original because we focus on strategic factors, including proxies for an alliance’s membership and external threats. In addition, we include transnational terrorism as a proxy for internal threats. We find that defense spending is positively related to the gross domestic product, North Atlantic Treaty Organization membership, military operations abroad, and external threats and negatively linked to the population as a proxy to public service needs. These results are robust to changes in specifications and shifts in defense policy observed after 1991. This contribution underlines that the fundamental determinants of defense policy in France are economic conditions.
`In' analytical NoteDefence and Peace Economics Vol. 33, No.8; Dec 2022: p.938-955
Journal SourceDefence and Peace Economics Vol: 33 No 8
Key WordsSecurity ;  France ;  Defense Spending ;  Cointegration ;  Demand Function


 
 
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