The Impact of Government Governance on Defense Budget─Evidence from Asia-Pacific Countries

• Main Authors: TSAI, HSIN-HUA, 蔡欣樺
• Other Authors: FU, TZE-WEI
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zveqqe

碩士 === 國防大學 === 財務管理學系 === 105 === Even thought economic and trade cooperation makes the world peace superficially, but the current international situation is not completely calm. Especially in the Asia-Pacific region, it is an important strategic position and the most important economic markets for our country. But types of threats occurr frequently, the regional conflict is imminent. Even governments considerate the coordination concept of the common defense policy, but defense forces play a major role in every national security and is the cornerstone of economic development. In recent years, defense budget of our country is facing difficulties. Therefore, it is still important to understand the factors influencing the defense budget. In the past, the research on defense budget mainly focused on the exploration of external environment factors, and lack of Government Governance. However, the structure of government governance influences the allocation of government budget. This study discusses the impact of Government Governance on defense budget by using Panel Regression Analysis. The sample covers 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region for the period 2002 to 2015. The results show that "Voice and Accountability ", " Regulatory Quality " and " Control of Corruption " have a significant positive impact on defense budgets, but " Political Stability " and "Government Effectiveness " has a significant negative impact. This study not only provide a new insight for the relevant authorities, as a reference for the implementation of the policy, but also rich the insufficiency of quantitative research in the literature. And through the comparative analysis with the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, it put forward the proposal to our country to break through the difficulties for defense budget applation.