A influência de fatores da esfera doméstica (política e econômica) dos Estados no comportamento dos gastos militares no século XXI

Abstract

This research analyzes data from 92 countries with different economic development levels and type of regime in order to verify and validate the hypotheses about the influence of the state domestic sphere factors (political and economic) in the military spending behavior in the 21st century (years 2000 to 2019). Taking the comparative policy as a research method, supported by quantitative analysis techniques, the outcomes obtained by Pearson's Correlation indicate a high and positive correlation between the average variables of expenditure variation and the average of GDP variation and a high and negative correlation between the average variables of expenditure variation and regime indicator, confirming the hypotheses. In this way, the outcomes have contributed to the next authors’ researches by proving that the type of political regime is a fundamental factor that influences the state military expenditure behavior and reinforces studies of the economic factors’ influence on the military expenditures’ behavior.