Military spending and the risks of coups d'etats

The governments of many developing countries face a risk of a coup d'’état perpetrated by their own military establishment. The phenomenon is especially acute in Africa. We decompose the risk into its component parts: the risk of a plot; the risk that a plot will mature into an attempt; and the...

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Autori principali: Collier, P, Hoeffler, A
Natura: Working paper
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 2007
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