Corruption and Military Spending.

Anecdotal evidence relates corruption with high levels of military spending. This paper tests empirically whether such a relationship exists. The empirical analysis is based on data from four different sources for up to 120 countries in the period 1985-98. The association between military spending a...

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Համատեղ հեղինակ: International Monetary Fund
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Լեզու:English
Հրապարակվել է: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Շարք:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/023
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