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Goldsmith, Benjamin. "Democracy and the Defense Burden: Do Democracies Spend Less on the Military?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 27, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p64449_index.html>

Goldsmith, B. , 2003-08-27 "Democracy and the Defense Burden: Do Democracies Spend Less on the Military?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p64449_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Using a newly-assembled data set, this paper studies the relationship between regime type and defense effort, primarily defined as the defense burden. Consistent with liberal theories, regime type has a statistically significant effect: democracies spend proportionately less on defense than other states. In addition, having democratic neighbors also tends to reduce a state’s defense burden. These findings have theoretical implications for the democratic peace proposition in particular and for the effect of domestic politics on foreign policy in general. A related finding is that during times of war, democracies spend as much or more of GDP on the military as do non-democracies. This is also consistent with findings of the democratic peace literature in that democracies tend to fight wars that are popularly supported, and to win the wars they fight. All other things being equal, the arsenal of democracy may out-gun its opponents. The findings add support to the institutional explanation of the democratic peace because it appears to be popular sentiment, expressed through elections and other democratic institutions, that constrains elites during peacetime and allows them to spend more during wartime. This is consistent with Bueno de Mesquita, et al.’s (1999) institutional “public goods” interpretation of the democratic peace. It also appears that mixed regimes and authoritarian regimes are less able than liberal states to adapt their budgets to meet urgent needs (such as war).

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