Regime type and interstate war finance
Por: Carter, Jeff.
Colaborador(es): Palmer, Glenn.
Tipo de material: Artículo Tipo de portador: ImpresoTema(s): DEMOCRACIA | ASUNTOS MILITARES | DICTADURAS | GASTO MILITAR | GUERRAS INTERESTATALES | PRESUPUESTO MILITAR | FINANCIAMIENTO BELICO | REGIMEN POLITICO En: Thies, Cameron G., editor/a Foreign policy analysis Vol. 12, no. 4 (oct 2016), p. 695-719Resumen: Governments can finance the higher military spending associated with interstate war through a combination of cutting nonmilitary spending, imposing higher taxes, borrowing, and adopting an inflationary monetary policy. We argue that the incentives of survival-motivated leaders influence the strategies governments use to fund their war efforts and that regime type conditions the use of some finance strategies. Consistent with our expectations, we find that fighting an interstate war is associated with greater reductions in nonmilitary spending in dictatorships than in democracies and that contemporary democracies and dictatorships have largely avoided financing their wars through tax increases and inflation. We find little support for the argument that democracies finance their interstate wars through greater debt than nondemocracies.Tipo de ítem | Ubicación actual | Signatura | Info Vol | Estado | Notas | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras | Reserva de ítems |
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Publicación Periódica | Biblioteca UNTREF - Sede Posgrados | H327/ANA (Navegar estantería) | Vol. 12, no. 4 (oct 2016) | Disponible | ACK | 2.009457 |
Governments can finance the higher military spending associated with interstate war through a combination of cutting nonmilitary spending, imposing higher taxes, borrowing, and adopting an inflationary monetary policy. We argue that the incentives of survival-motivated leaders influence the strategies governments use to fund their war efforts and that regime type conditions the use of some finance strategies. Consistent with our expectations, we find that fighting an interstate war is associated with greater reductions in nonmilitary spending in dictatorships than in democracies and that contemporary democracies and dictatorships have largely avoided financing their wars through tax increases and inflation. We find little support for the argument that democracies finance their interstate wars through greater debt than nondemocracies.