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Research On Demand And Policy For Defense Expenditure Of China

Posted on:2007-11-05Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:B F ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:1116360212970848Subject:Technical Economics and Management
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How to allocate the rare national resources between defense and economic sectors is an important policy issue faced by every government of the world. The present thesis is intended to explore China's defense expenditure demand and its policy making in the context of a powerful country. Based on the study of China's defense expenditure demand and the relationship between China's defense expenditure and economic growth, the author expects to offer some suggestions as to how to allocate China's financial resources in the sector of national defense.Based on the theories of welfare effect and endogenesis growth, this thesis attempts to explore China's defense expenditure demand and economic effect by means of theoretical models as well as calculation and analysis. It consists of the following sections. Chapter Two provides a recalculation of China's defense expenditure based on the comparison of popular definitions of defense expenditure in the world. Chapter Three and Four offer a study of the demand of China's defense expenditure and discusses the overall demand of China's defense expenditure and an acceptable burden of defense. Chapter Five conducts a research on the relationship between China's defense expenditure and economic growth. Based on the national security environment of China, this chapter discusses the effect of defense expenditure on economic growth. Chapter Six focuses on China's national defense policy regarding the coordination of China's defense expenditure and economic growth.The thesis is of great significance in the following aspects. First, it has set up a complete theory of China's defense expenditure demand. Focusing on an acceptable defense expenditure, this thesis attempts to make a systematic study of China's defense expenditure demand so as to provide a complete theory and a systematic analytical framework. To achieve this goal, the thesis combines the actual supply of China's defense expenditure with the overall demand of China's defense expenditure, relative demand of defense expenditure and the relationship between national security, defense expenditure and economic growth in the context of a powerful country. Secondly, it reestimates the actual supply of China's defense expenditure and thus contributes to the estimate of China's military expenditure conducted both at home...
Keywords/Search Tags:defense expenditure, military expenditure, defense expenditure demand, defense burden, economic growth, China
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