Author/Authors
SEZGİN, Şennur Pamukkale University - Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Turkey
Title Of Article
DEFENCE SPENDING and POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLES IN TURKEY
شماره ركورد
44220
Abstract
The allocation and distribution of government resources is a political process by it is nature. Considerable amount of government spending goes to defence expenditure in Turkey. So, is defence spending affected from political business cycle? To answer this question, this study analyses relationship between political business cycle and total and disaggregate defence spending using regression analyses. This study find that there is no trace of political business cycle over defence spending in Turkey. Furthermore, this study indicate that military coup and increasing of terrorist incidents are cause an increase on defence expenditure.
From Page
487
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Political business cycle , Defence spending , Turkey
JournalTitle
Ege Academic Review (EAR)
To Page
502
JournalTitle
Ege Academic Review (EAR)
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