DATA10-4:
Annual data on U.S. Military expenditures and their determinants Data
compiled by Jan Blackburn from the History of American Statistics from
Colonial Times, and Historical Tables: Budget of the U.S. Government.
ug : unadjusted annual government outlays expressed in billions
of dollars, Range 9.589 - 1004.586.
um: total U.S. military outlays expressed in billions of dollars for
the years 1940-87, Range 1.504 - 273.966.
gnpdef: annual implicity gnp deflator for federal government
purchases of goods and services, base year 1972,
Range 22.7 - 270.5.
hdem : percent of democrats in the house of representatives,
Range 43.318 - 67.810.
sdem: percent of democrats in the senate, Range 46 - 71.875.
pres: party of the president in office Rep = 1 Demo = 0 .
elect: 1 for the year in which the president might have an incentive
to increase and decrease military expenditure as a means of
stabilizing the government, 0 otherwise.
reagan: 1 for the years during which President Reagen was in office,
0 otherwise.
opp: 1 denotes a year in which the majority party in the senate
is of the opposing party with respect to the president in
office, 0 otherwise
ww2: 1 during the World War II period, 1941-1945, 0 elsewhere.
kwar: 1 during the Korean war period, 1951-1953, 0 elsewhere.
vwar: 1 during the Vietnam war period, 1965-1969, 0 elsewhere.
krus: 1 for the years during which Kruschev may have changed
Soviet military policy, 0 otherwise.
gorb: 1 for the years during which soviet leader Gorbachav may have
changed Soviet military policy, 0 otherwise.
salt: the structural change possibly brought about by the SALT I
treaty, 0 = before and 1 = after.
SAMPLE 1 48
* Sample period 1940-1987
READ (DATA10-4) year ug um gnpdef hdem sdem pres elect reagan opp &
ww2 kwar vwar krus gorb salt