Military Expenditure and Arms Trade: Alternative Data Sources
June 1, 1994
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Summary
Analysis of the economic impact of military expenditures and arms trade is frequently hampered by the limited amount of transparent, comprehensive data. Country-specific information can be supplemented, however, by data from multicountry statistical sources. This paper describes seven publications which provide multicountry statistics on military expenditure and trade--the information each source conveys, as well as the differences in coverage and definition--to assist the analyst in understanding how to use this data. Comparisons of the data reported by the various sources reveal numerous, significant differences, particularly in data on military expenditures.
Subject: Defense spending, Exchange rates, Expenditure, Exports, Foreign exchange, International trade
Keywords: ACDA data, agreements data, arms transfer, CRS data, Defense spending, deliveries data, deliveries data only., Eastern Europe, Exchange rates, expenditure data, Exports, GDP ratio, Global, information source, SIPRI data, WP
Pages:
64
Volume:
1994
DOI:
Issue:
069
Series:
Working Paper No. 1994/069
Stock No:
WPIEA0691994
ISBN:
9781451960709
ISSN:
1018-5941
