TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - The demand for military expenditure in authoritarian regimes
JO  - Defence and peace economics
A1  - Bove, Vincenzo
A1  - Brauner, Jennifer
SP  - 609
EP  - 625
VL  - 27
IS  - 5
N2  - This paper examines whether there are systematic differences in military spending between different types of autocratic regimes. We view military expenditure as an instrument a dictator can exploit in order to stay in power. How he utilises this instrument depends on the institutional set-up of his regime. We distinguish between military regimes, single party states and personalist regimes, and predict that military regimes should have the highest, whereas personalist dictatorships should have the lowest level of military spending. Using panel data on 64 dictatorships from 1960 to 2000, we find empirical evidence that our hypotheses are not rejected.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1024-2694
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2014.925325
ID  - ref1
ER  -