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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
economics, econometrics and finance
The Demand for Military Spending in Egypt
Defence and Peace Economics, Volume 25, No. 3, Year 2014
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Egypt plays a pivotal role in the security of the Middle East as the doorway to Europe and its military expenditure reflects its involvement in the machinations of such an unstable region, showing considerable variation over the last 40 years. These characteristics make it a particularly interesting case study of the determinants of military spending. This paper specifies and estimates an econometric model of the Egyptian demand for military spending, taking into account important strategic and political factors. Both economic and strategic factors are found to play a role in determining military burden/spending, with clear positive effects of lagged military burden, suggesting some sort of institutional inertia, plus negative output and net exports effects. The strategic effect as a result of the impact of Israel's military burden is mostly positive and significant, though its impact is reduced when the impact of important strategic events are taken into account. The military spending of Egypt's allies Jordan and Syria generally seems to have had no effect on Egypt's spending. These results are consistent over a range of econometric techniques. © 2013 © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
Authors & Co-Authors
Abdelfattah, Yasmine M.
Egypt, El Shorouk
The British University in Egypt
Abu-Qarn, Aamer S.
Israel, Beer-sheva
Ben-gurion University of the Negev
Dunne, John Paul
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Zaher, Shadwa
Egypt, El Shorouk
The British University in Egypt
Statistics
Citations: 25
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/10242694.2013.763454
ISSN:
10242694
e-ISSN:
14768267
Study Design
Case Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
Egypt