Rauch, Bernhard and Goettsche, Max and Langenegger, Stephan (2014) Detecting Problems in Military Expenditure Data Using Digital Analysis. DEFENCE AND PEACE ECONOMICS, 25 (2). pp. 97-111. ISSN 1024-2694, 1476-8267
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The UN asks governments to report key figures of their annual military budgets with the aim of creating trust among member states. This goal can only be achieved if the data reported is accurate. However, although there are many reasons for governments to falsify data, the UN does not check for manipulation. In this paper, we apply Benford's law to the military expenditure data of 27 states taken from the UN register. Our analysis of the first digits shows that the states with the greatest deviations from the expected Benford distribution and therefore the lowest data quality are the USA and the UK.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | BENFORDS LAW; FRAUD DETECTION; 1ST DIGIT; NUMBERS; Benford's law; Digital analysis; Forensic accounting; Military expenditure data |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Divisions: | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2019 09:37 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2019 09:37 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/10482 |
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