Does Oil Promote or Prevent Coups? The Answer is Yes

Frode Nordvik ()

The Economic Journal, 2019, vol. 129, issue 619, 1425-1456

Abstract: A large literature investigates the relation between oil and conflict, yet no empirical study has found any link between oil and coups d’état. Using a new data set on oil production separated into onshore and offshore volumes, oil price shocks are seen to promote coups in onshore-intensive oil countries, while preventing them in offshore-intensive oil countries. 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.

Date: 2019
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