@article{ref1,
title="Trade-offs Between Defence and Education/Health Expenditures in Developing Countries",
journal="Journal of peace research",
year="1988",
author="Harris, Gillian and Kelly, Maya and Pranowo, ",
volume="25",
number="2",
pages="165-177",
abstract="It is commonly believed that defence expenditures have a particular ability to compete government financial resources away from other activities, especially education and health. This article uses a number of methods to test for the existence and strength of such trade-offs in a large number of LDCs. Cross- sectional analysis of government expenditures found that few countries which were low defence spenders were high spenders on education/health (and vice versa). Defence expenditures were no less vulnerable to overall budget cuts, nor more likely to gain from budget increases than education and health. Finally, a longitudinal regression analysis for twelve Asian countries revealed little evidence of trade-offs We discuss some of the reasons why our analysis may not support the conventional view on trade-offs and, finally, make a number of suggestions concerning future research on this topic.<p />",
language="",
issn="0022-3433",
doi="10.1177/002234338802500205",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002234338802500205"
}