NATO Membership and Defense Spending: A Causal Analysis

• In Event: NATO: Alliance Membership, Management, and Effects

Brief Overview

Using a matched-panel DiD approach for post-1990 NATO members, we find that neither accession nor the MAP led to significant reductions in defense spending. We rule out any medium-term decreases exceeding 0.25–0.30 percentage points of GDP.

Authors

• Ringailė Kuokštytė, Vilnius University

• Denis Ivanov, Corvinus University of Budapest

• Vainius Indilas, Vilnius University

• Vytautas Kuokstis, Vilnius University