Add to ORKGWe examine the impact of leadership change after a coup d’etat on economic growth. We consider successful coup attempts as our treatment group and use failed coup attempts as controls to condition on political instability. To take account of selection bias, we control for the determinants of coup success. Our main finding is that leadership changes after a coup d’état have a positive effect on economic growth in the least developed countries, but have a negative effect in other developing countries.economic growth, coup d’etat, political instability
Coup-proofing pertains to political leaders’ strategies that will prevent groups inside or outside t...
This paper contributes to the growing literature on the links between political regimes and economic...
Despite being traditionally seen as the largest threat to democratization, coups have recently been ...
We examine the impact of leadership change after a coup d’etat on economic growth. We consider succe...
Using data for 160 countries for the period 1963-2001, this paper examines the short-run relationshi...
In an infinite horizon stochastic model, a coup not only disciplines a dictator’s policy towards a g...
Coups d’état are a type of political instability that involves a sitting ruler being overthrown by h...
We present a model of coups in autocracies. Assuming that policy choices cannot be observed but are ...
This paper considers how coups impact democratization. Current research focuses on coups as a threat...
Why do some autocracies have higher economic growth rates than others? An emerging literature is hig...
Economic growth within countries varies sharply across decades. This paper examines one explanation ...
Under what conditions do political leaders take strategies that allow them to reduce militaries' cap...
Economic growth within countries varies sharply across decades. This paper examines one explanation ...
This thesis examines why coups d’état still occur, regardless of institution type, in some states bu...
This Thesis examines why coups d\u27état still occur, regardless of institution type, in some states...
Coup-proofing pertains to political leaders’ strategies that will prevent groups inside or outside t...
This paper contributes to the growing literature on the links between political regimes and economic...
Despite being traditionally seen as the largest threat to democratization, coups have recently been ...
We examine the impact of leadership change after a coup d’etat on economic growth. We consider succe...
Using data for 160 countries for the period 1963-2001, this paper examines the short-run relationshi...
In an infinite horizon stochastic model, a coup not only disciplines a dictator’s policy towards a g...
Coups d’état are a type of political instability that involves a sitting ruler being overthrown by h...
We present a model of coups in autocracies. Assuming that policy choices cannot be observed but are ...
This paper considers how coups impact democratization. Current research focuses on coups as a threat...
Why do some autocracies have higher economic growth rates than others? An emerging literature is hig...
Economic growth within countries varies sharply across decades. This paper examines one explanation ...
Under what conditions do political leaders take strategies that allow them to reduce militaries' cap...
Economic growth within countries varies sharply across decades. This paper examines one explanation ...
This thesis examines why coups d’état still occur, regardless of institution type, in some states bu...
This Thesis examines why coups d\u27état still occur, regardless of institution type, in some states...
Coup-proofing pertains to political leaders’ strategies that will prevent groups inside or outside t...
This paper contributes to the growing literature on the links between political regimes and economic...
Despite being traditionally seen as the largest threat to democratization, coups have recently been ...