Li, Richard P.Y.; Thompson, William R. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 19 (1975) 1, pp. 63-84
This paper attempts to examine the extent to which military coups in one country influence in some fashion the occurrence of coups in other countries. The examination is conducted primarily via the application of three stochastic models (the Poisson, the "contagious Poisson," and the Gaussian...