Military Expenditures and Economic Growth

by Julia Lowell, Benjamin Zycher, Ashley J. Tellis

This study explores the historical relationship between economic growth and military expenditures in five great power countries: Germany, France, Russia, Japan, and the United States. Using statistical and case-study methodologies, the authors examine how each country's military expenditures responded to increases in economic output levels and in economic growth during the period 1870-1939, and they offer explanations for the relationship in each...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833028960
• ISBN13: 9780833028969
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"