Empirical analysis of the defense interdependence between Japan and the United States.

Autor: Ando, Shio
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Zdroj: Defence & Peace Economics; Apr2015, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p223-231, 9p
Abstrakt: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the defense interdependence between Japan and the United States (US) in the short and long run and to investigate whether Japan is a follower or a free rider of the “US” over the 1975–2009 period. Given that mutual aid between Japan and the US has been maintained, the empirical results suggest that Japanese defense has a stable relationship with US defense. Furthermore, the results reveal that Japan is not a free rider but rather a follower in the period under consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Databáze: Complementary Index