Does oil promote or prevent coups?

dc.contributor.author	Nordvik, Frode Martin
dc.date.accessioned	2014
dc.date.available	2014
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.issn	1892-2198
dc.identifier.issn	1892-2198
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2364523
dc.description.abstract	A large literature investigates the relation between oil and conflict, yet no empirical study has found any link between oil and coups d’´etat. Using a new data set on oil production separated into onshore and offshore production, and covering 172 countries from 1900 to 2012, onshore oil is seen to promote coup while offshore oil prevents them. A likely mechanism is that onshore oil motivates military build-ups, while offshore oil does not. From a political leader’s point of view, a large military is a double-edged sword, because it may turn against him and stage a coup.	nb_NO
dc.language.iso	eng	nb_NO
dc.relation.ispartofseries	CAMP Working Papers Series;7/2014
dc.title	Does oil promote or prevent coups?	nb_NO
dc.type	Working paper	nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber	37	nb_NO

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Working Papers from Centre for Applied Macro- and Petroleum economics (CAMP)