To spend or not to spend? The case of defence expenditure in the context of the Greek crisis
Journal
International Review on Computers and Software
Date Issued
August 2014
DOI
10.15866/irecos.v9i8.982
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the recipe that requires defence expenditure reductions in an environment of severe budget cuts together with rising costs. The case of Greece, a country that is in the process of recovering from a six-year economic crisis, provides an example of an economy in which an import – substitution strategy via the promotion of the Hellenic Defence Industrial Base potential can contribute to both economic growth and unemployment reduction, thus adding to the effectiveness of the import-substitution policies employed and compromising between an austerity programme and the defence needs of the country.