“…On the other hand, much of contemporary literature on African capital flight, for instance, has focused on inter alia, lessons from case studies on the causes and effects of capital flight (Ndikumana, 2016) notably: the nexus between fiscal policy and capital flight in Kenya (Muchai & Muchai, 2016), determinants of capital flight in Madagascar (Ramiandrisoa & Rakotomanana, 2016) and Ethiopia (Geda & Yimer, 2016), capital flight and trade misinvoicing in Zimbabwe (Kwaramba et al, 2016) and capital flight in Cameroon; connections between tax revenue and capital flight in Burkina Faso (Ndiaye & Siri, 2016) and the effect of capital flight on public social spending in CongroBrazzaville (Moulemvo, 2016). Our study adds to the growing body of liaterature on African by explicating the thresholds at which such military expenditure can dampen terrorism.…”