Board #41 - Quelling the Coup: The Impact of Education on Coup Attempts

• In Event: 74-304 - Poster Session: Democratic Institutions, Elections & Political Behavior

Brief Overview

Noticing a gap in existing literature on conflict prevention, I hypothesize that as education increases, coups decrease. After testing using a logistic regression model my hypothesis is supported and results are statistically significant.

Author

• Elena Rodrigues, Centre College