TY - BOOK AU - KHAN Lubna AU - ARIF Imtiaz AU - WAQAR Sundus TI - The impact of military expenditure on external debt: the case of 35 arms importing countries PY - 2021/// KW - MILITARY EXPENDITURE KW - EXTERNAL DEBT KW - ECONOMIC GROWTH KW - FOREIGN RESERVES KW - ARMS IMPORTING COUNTRIES N2 - More specifically, it was noted that military expenditure decreases external debt in Europe and Central Asia. Moreover, it was found that the interaction term of military expenditure and growth rate is positive and significant in all of the sub-samples, except upper-middle class, the Middle East and North Africa, and Latin American regions. Thus, it may be concluded that military expenditure often increases external debt burden in countries where the debt management system is weak UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10242694.2020.1723239 ER -