SOCIAL PREFERENCES FOR NATIONAL DEFENCE AND POLICE ENFORCEMENT IN WESTERN EUROPE |
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| Authors: | Juan Prieto‐Rodríguez Juan G. Rodríguez |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics , University of Oviedo Avda. del Cristo , Oviedo, Spain juangabriel.rodriguez@urjc.es;3. Instituto de Estudios Fiscales and Departamento Economía Aplicada I , Universidad Rey Juan Carlos , Spain |
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| Abstract: | We study the determinants of social preferences for national defence and for police and law enforcement. For this task, we estimate a bivariate ordered probit model for a set of European countries (France, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden) in 2006. Determinants of spending decisions for defence and police are found to be linked but are of significantly different magnitudes. Besides, measures against terrorist threats are positively linked to police and defence spending increases, while the subjective perception of fiscal pressure has no influence. Finally, no significant differences are found between Northern and Southern Europe. |
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| Keywords: | National defence Police enforcement Bivariate ordered probit Social preferences |
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