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Re-Examining the Long-Run Relationship between Military Spending and Economic Growth in Nigeria: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Approach
In recent times, Nigerian military expenditure has continued to increase owing to multiple insecurity challenges which has affected economic activities. Rising military spending is justified because no meaning economic development can be attained in the presence of insecurity. Thus, this study re-examines the longrun relationship between military spending and economic growth in Nigeria. The study utilized data on Real Gross Domestic Product (RGDP), Military Spending as a percentage of GDP (MGDP), Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF), Exchange Rate (EXCH) and Balance of Trade (BOT) sourced from…
