Examining the Military Spending Economic Growth Nexus in the Presence of Informality: Evidence from the Balkan Peninsula

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Dimitraki, O., Emmanouilidis, K. and Asllani, A. 2024. Examining the Military Spending Economic Growth Nexus in the Presence of Informality: Evidence from the Balkan Peninsula. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy. p. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2024-0029
AuthorsDimitraki, O., Emmanouilidis, K. and Asllani, A.
Abstract

This paper examines the military expenditure (milex) economic growth nexus, in selected Balkan and peripheral countries from 1990 to 2022, considering the presence of informality within an institutional framework. Specifically, we employ Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to formulate an index of informality and use the Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) and Fully-Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) methods to identify the long-run equilibria. To provide a more comprehensive insight, the study also incorporates two types of causality tests – Dumitrescu-Hurlin and Juodis et al. – to determine the direction of the relationships. Our findings indicate that in the long-run milex can be detrimental to economic growth whilst informality boosts it.

JournalPeace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
Journal citationp. In Press
ISSN1554-8597
Year2024
PublisherDe Gruyter
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2024-0029
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Accepted04 Sep 2024
Deposited09 Oct 2024
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This is an Accepted​ Manuscript of an article published by De Gruyter​ in Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy on 20/09/2024, available at: https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2024-0029
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