NATO üyesi ülkeler arasındaki yük paylaşımı tartışmalarının, soğuk savaş sonrası dönemden günümüze kadar gelen süreçte, uluslararası konjonktürdeki değişikliklere bağlı olarak, çeşitli dönemlerde ve farklı yoğunluklarda gündeme geldiği görülmektedir. Bu çerçevede ilgili ampirik literatürde, özellikle ülkelerin askeri harcama düzeyleri için yakınsama davranışının araştırıldığı çalışmalar önemli ...

Despite widespread azithromycin use, no audit has targeted this drug to date. Azithromycin was audited in primary military clinics between July 1, 2003 and December 31, 2003 (period 1). Consumption (defined daily doses/1000 visits) and economic expenditure of penicillin V, amoxicillin, erythromycin, and azithromycin were evaluated. An educational intervention was performed (dissemination of loc...

Japan's level of defense expenditure relative to tbe size of its economy bas long been uniquely low among the major industrialized countries. As of 1995, Japan's expenditures stood at 0.96 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).' Even adding to this tbe approximately 0.3 percent of GDP devoted to pensions for retired personnel, the level of spending is considerably less than that of major West...

Contrary to the optimistic expectations three decades ago, global military expenditure is increasing rather rapidly, fueled by intensity of international tensions. As a consequence this, military-caused soil pollution gains in importance. On basis bibliometric analysis 3500 articles, it obvious that level interest this topic has been fluctuating last decades, but years, more than two hundred an...

Does high defence spending limit the growth of public health investment? Using comparative data from 31 OECD countries between 1980 and 2010, we find little evidence that defence crowds out public health spending. Whether measured in terms of long-term levels or short-term changes, per capita defence and health spending positively and significantly correlate. To investigate the possibility that...

The relationship between fiscal decentralization and vertical inequality has long received attention by federalism theorists. However, horizontal been largely overlooked. This study will present a novel empirical examination of the decentralization, inequality, inequality. Specifically, it focus on how institutional quality military expenditure affect decentralization–inequality nexus across 33...

BACKGROUND Compared to OECD countries, Israel has a remarkably low percentage of GDP and of government expenditure spent on health, which are not reflected in worse national outcomes. Israel is also characterized by a relatively high share of GDP spent on security expenses and payment of public debt. OBJECTIVES To determine to what extent differences between Israel and the OECD countries in s...