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Table 1 Variables, units of measurement and sources

From: The effect of military spending on economic growth in MENA: evidence from method of moments quantile regression

Variables

Units of measurement

Sources

Real GDP

Billion USD

WDI (2020)

Real GDP per capita

1′000 USD

WDI (2020)

Military expenditure

Million USD

SIPRI

Military burden

Percentage of GDP

SIPRI

Employment

Million

Penn World Table 10

Capital stock

Million USD

Penn World Table 10

Population growth

Percentage

WDI (2020)

Foreign direct investment

Percentage of GDP

WDI (2020)

Trade openness

Percentage of GDP

WDI (2020) version

  1. SIPRI Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. WDI World development Indicators