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Military spending and spillover effect on social welfare
Zarina Kassim
Department of Logistic Management and Business Administration, Faculty of Defence Studies and Management, National Defence University of Malaysia
Zakiah Syamra' Suhaimi
Department of Logistic Management and Business Administration, Faculty of Defence Studies and Management, National Defence University of Malaysia
S. Ananthan Subramaniam
Department of Management, Faculty of Defence Studies and Management, National Defence University of Malaysia
Haliza Mohd Zahari
Department of Logistic Management and Business Administration, Faculty of Defence Studies and Management, National Defence University of Malaysia
Mohd Nor Yahaya
Department of Logistic Management and Business Administration, Faculty of Defence Studies and Management, National Defence University of Malaysia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i2.1990
Keywords: trade-off effect, military spending, spillover effect, social welfare
Abstract
The Malaysian Ministry of Finance primarily aims to implement fiscal and financial policies for perpetual economic progress. It is vital to ensure the equitable distribution of national wealth to improve Malaysian citizens’ well-being. Based on this study, the Malaysian government’s strategy in defence allocation and spending demonstrates spillover effects on social welfare. Notwithstanding, this financial strategy must be self-sufficient in terms of resources to achieve economic scale through increased job creation and income generation. The current work utilised panel data to examine the defence spending effects on social welfare. A key finding was derived by applying the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model to fiscal time series data for 15 years (2008–2022). Specifically, defence allocations and expenditures reflected a spillover effect on social welfare. The empirical outcomes potentially catalyse the development of the National Defense White Paper in defence allocation and spending strategies and establish a novel independent paradigm in the National Defense Industry (NDI).
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