Political Economy of Defense Spending Around the World

"This is a very timely and useful look at the defense-growth relationship. In this book, Heo provides not only a useful framework for assessing the defense growth relationship, but also brings clarity and relevance to the guns-growth debate. This volume promises to be often cited." – Karl DeRouen Jr.

Table of Contents:

1.Introduction

2.An Integrated Theory of the Economic Effects of Defense Spending on Growth

3.Modeling the Economic Effects of Defense spending on Growth

4.Data and Method

5.Empirical Results

6.Discussion

7.Conclusion

Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index