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Redistribution and military coups

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This paper explores the link between redistribution and coups, typically overlooked in the coup literature dealing with incomes, growth and, recently, inequality. The model features three agents — government, opposition, and the military — and maximizes their utilities under two possible scenarios: peace and coup. Using real data from Honduras, the welfare losses associated with a breach of the country’s social contract are estimated to exceed 11 percent of gross domestic product for the opposition to conspire to stage a coup.

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  • Cuesta, Jose, 2017. "Redistribution and military coups," International Journal of Development and Conflict, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, vol. 7(1), pages 12-31.
    • Handle: RePEc:gok:ijdcv1:v:7:y:2017:i:1:p:12-31
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