Defensive expenditures

{{distinguish|Military budget}}

In environmental accounting, defensive expenditures are expenditures that seek to minimise potential damage to oneself. Examples include defence and insurance.{{cite web|url=http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/terminology/concept_html?term=defensive%20expenditure |title=defensive expenditure — Environmental Terminology Discovery Service — EEA |publisher=Glossary.eea.europa.eu |date= |accessdate=2014-05-17}}{{cite web|url=http://www.appstate.edu/~whiteheadjc/eco3660/boardman/ch13.htm |title=Chapter 13 |publisher=Appstate.edu |date= |accessdate=2014-05-17}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.econ-pol.unisi.it/pubdocenti/TiezziAE.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517134447/http://www.econ-pol.unisi.it/pubdocenti/TiezziAE.pdf |archive-date=2014-05-17 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/4729489 |title=Negative externalities, defensive expenditures and labour supply in an evolutionary context |date=2014-05-12 |accessdate=2014-05-17}}