Defense Expenditures and Income Inequality: Evidence from Chosen Euro Using Countries

çenberci, engin (2018): Defense Expenditures and Income Inequality: Evidence from Chosen Euro Using Countries. Published in: Journal of Social Sciences of Mus Alparslan University , Vol. 7, No. 6 (13 December 2019): pp. 121-127.

Abstract

This paper, aims to find the cointegration and the causality between income inequality and defense expenditures in fifteen European Union member countries that used euro currency before, during and after the global economic crises in the period of 2005-2016. Applying cointegration and causality tests to the panel data, the paper aims to fill the gap about income inequality and defense expenditures relation in the literature.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Panel Data Analysis, Defense Expenditures, Income Inequality
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C33 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models; D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement; H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H54 - Infrastructures ; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock

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