Unobserved common factors in military expenditure interactions across MENA countries
Cavatorta, Elisa (2010) Unobserved common factors in military expenditure interactions across MENA countries. Defence and Peace Economics 21 (4), pp. 301-3161. ISSN 1024-2694.
Abstract
In this paper we explore the patterns of interactions between military expenditure shares in the MENA region over the period 1979-2007. We explore whether there are latent common factors that impact on the military expenditures of 15 countries in the MENA region and whether these factors can be interpreted. Unobserved common factors induce cross-sectional dependence and may lead to traditional panel-time series estimators being inconsistent. To identify these latent factors we apply principal component analysis. We evaluate the interpretation of the estimated factors using the multiple-indicator multiple-cause model. We find that there is a substantial evidence of cross-sectional dependence in the MENA region, induced mainly by two unobserved factors, but these factors are difficult to interpret.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Cross-sectional dependence, unobserved common factors, MIMIC, military expenditures, MENA |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Feb 2011 09:56 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 16:54 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/3094 |
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