An analysis of the impact of military spending in private investments in Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.26792/rbed.v10i1.75315

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This article seeks to econometrically analyze the relationship between military spending in and private investment in Brazil during the periods from 2000 to 2018, and from 1977 to 2018. Running an Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and an Auto Regressive Dependent Lagged (ARDL) with a Bounds Test models, it was found no statistical relationship between military spending and private investment in Brazil neither in the short or long run. The findings remained the same for the alternative analysis which disaggregated military spending into equipment investments and non-equipment spending. Smith's (1980) Social Wage theory was shown to be insufficient to explain the Brazilian’s case, since there is no evidence of crowding-out nor crowding-in. Therefore, the results indicate that military spending and private investment in Brazil may not be related, while macroeconomics variables such as the real GDP growth rate and the unemployment rate seems to be more willing to have an impact.

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Ariela Leske, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG)

Doutora em indústria e tecnologia Professora do departamento de Economia e Finanças da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG). 

Rafael De Morais Lima

Mestre em Segurança Internacional e Defesa Nacional pela Escola Superior
de Guerra (RJ) e Bacharel em Relações Internacionais pela Universidade de Brasília (DF). É analista de Relações Internacionais na Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo - FIESP. 

Carlos Conte , Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)

Doutor e professor do Departamento de Economia da UFSM.

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2024-01-09

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Leske, A., De Morais Lima, R., & Conte , C. (2024). An analysis of the impact of military spending in private investments in Brazil. Revista Brasileira De Estudos De Defesa, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.26792/rbed.v10i1.75315

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