Military Expenditure and Security Outcome Convergence in Africa

An Application of the Club Clustering Approach

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ID12976241
AuthorsCharles Shaaba Saba (0000-0001-6230-7292, University of Johannesburg, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume13
Issue3
Pages260-295
Publication date2020-07-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Security (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1939-2206 • E-ISSN: 1939-2214
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19392206.2020.1808418
OpenAlexW3088454932
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This study investigates the degree of convergence in military expenditure and security outcomes for a panel of 34 African countries spanning the period 1995 to 2015. We apply the Phillips and Sul methodology. Overall, the results reveal no evidence among African countries to suggest that military expenditure and security outcomes converge. The results of the analysis show that there exist: (i) three convergence clubs for military expenditure; (ii) one convergence club for security outcome. These findings imply that African countries are at different levels of military expenditure and the resultant security outcomes

Club · Convergence (economics · Convergence clubs · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Microeconomics · Outcome (game theory · Political science · Public economics · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Economic Growth and Productivity · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Medicine

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