Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/107959 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Citation: 
[Journal:] Romanian Journal of Fiscal Policy (RJFP) [ISSN:] 2069-0983 [Volume:] 5 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Editura ASE [Place:] Bucharest [Year:] 2014 [Pages:] 56-71
Publisher: 
Editura ASE, Bucharest
Abstract: 
The study examines the effect of military expenditure on output in Nigeria both in the short-run and in the long-run period. In addition, it verified whether military expenditure is an economically non-contributive activity using ARDL bounds testing approach to co-integration. Results showed that military spending has negative and significant effect on output in the short-run but positive and significant effect in the long-run. Labour and capital have positive and significant effects both in the long-run and short-run. In addition, labour has the highest coefficient (3.0709) in the long-run. The study concludes that government should reduce its expenditure on defense and concentrate more on human capital development, since military spending contributes nothing to output in the short-run.
Subjects: 
military spending
co-Integration ARDL
economic growth
Inflation
JEL: 
H56
C32
O40
E31
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Document Type: 
Article

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