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Economic Modelling

Coups and the Dynamics of Media Freedom

Journal Article
Reference
Bjørnskov, Christian, Andreas Freytag and Jerg Gutmann (2022). “Coups and the Dynamics of Media Freedom”. Economic Modelling 116, 106025. doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2022.106025

Authors
Christian Bjørnskov, Andreas Freytag, Jerg Gutmann

It is unclear whether democracies or autocracies are more likely to silence or control the media when facing attempt at overthrowing the government. Our estimate of the dynamics of press freedom suggests that only successful coups against democracies lead to a substantial reduction in press freedom. Effects are larger in countries with large public spending.

Christian Bjørnskov

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