The world distribution of military spending: is there a convergence?
by Bansi Sawhney; Emmanuel Anoruo; William R. DiPietro
International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics (IJCEE), Vol. 6, No. 4, 2016

Abstract: This paper examines the issue of convergence in military spending among NATO countries. In particular, the paper employs the sequential panel selection method (SPSM) to ascertain whether the military spending of NATO countries has converged relative to that of the USA. The results from the SPSM for both the full- and sub-periods indicate that military spending of NATO countries, with the exception of Hungary, have converged to that of the USA. The results show that the number of NATO countries whose military spending converged relative to that of the USA did not change following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The overall finding of this study contradicts the alliance theory which stipulates that alliances tend to weaken or dissolve following the elimination of the unifying threat.

Online publication date: Fri, 30-Sep-2016

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