A Quantitative Analysis of Defense Expenditure Patterns in Warsaw Treaty Organization Countries 1960-1974.

Abstract

This thesis analyzes military expenditure patterns for the East European members of the Warsaw Treaty Organization. The study examines data using a cross-sectional methodology for 1966 and 1974, and a longitudinal methodology for the period 1960-1974. Non-parametric statistical methods as well as correlation and regression analysis are used to uncover the various factors most influential in WTO defense budgeting, both region-wide and for specific member countries. Forecasting models are developed for use in predicting military expenditures for individual countries as well as the 'typical' WTO country. A general discussion of model use with different data sources is also presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA062203

Entities

People

  • John G. Kuchinski Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • East Germany
  • Eastern Europe
  • Economic Development
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Information Science
  • International Relations
  • International Trade
  • Military Personnel
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Treaties
  • Ussr

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