(* 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. *) year ug um gnpdef hdem sdem pres elect reagan opp ww2 kwar vwar krus gorb salt ; 1 1940 1987 BYOBS