Guns, Butter, and Growth
Expenditure Patterns in Four Advanced Democracies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11980296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Mcardle Kelleher (University of Michigan, corresponding author), William K Domke (University of Michigan), William Domke (University of Michigan), Richard C Eichenberg (0000-0002-8239-8272, University of Michigan), Richard Eichenberg (University of Michigan) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 149-158 |
| Publication date | 1980-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für Soziologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0340-1804 • E-ISSN: 2366-0325 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/zfsoz-1980-0205 |
| OpenAlex | W60660918 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This paper reports results of research on the so-called “guns/butter” question. Using multiple regression techniques, we estimate the relationship between military and social spending for the United States (1929-72), France (1920-1973), West Germany (1950-1969), and the United Kingdom (1920-1976). Reasoning from theories of budgeting, the controllability of social expenditures, and the effects of economic conditions on government resource allocation, we argue that “guns/butter tradeoffs” are unlikely to appear in short-term expenditure changes. The results generally confirm this hypothesis: only for the United States does a negative association appear between the two types of expenditure. For the other three countries, economic factors seem to be the driving force in social expenditure change
Demographic economics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Government Expenditure · Macroeconomics · Political science · Public economics · Public finance · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Economic Growth and Productivity · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 1984 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |