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Title: | The probability of military rule in Africa, 1970-2007 |
Author: | Caruso, Raul Costa, Jacopo Ricciuti, Roberto |
Keywords: | Govern militar Dictadura Àfrica Military government Dictatorship Africa |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher: | Institut d’Economia de Barcelona |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IEB11/26] |
Abstract: | In this paper we empirically analyze the socio-economic determinants of the existence of military dictatorships in Africa. A recent literature in political economy analyses the relationship between the civil undemocratic government and the military as an agency problem: the civilian government needs the army to avoid internal violence, but a larger army reduces the opportunity-cost for the military to run a coup d’état and seize power. These papers derive three main causes of military rule: income inequality, ethnic fractionalization, and external threat. We empirically analyze these issues by estimating the probability that a country experiences a military rule. We consider 48 African countries over the period 1970-2007. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ieb.ub.edu/2012022157/ieb/ultimes-publicacions |
It is part of: | IEB Working Paper 2011/26 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/116572 |
Appears in Collections: | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers |
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