Acemoglu, Daron; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2008
We investigate how nondemocratic regimes use the military and how this can lead to the emergence of military … problem; a strong military may not simply work as an agent of the elite but may turn against them in order to create a regime … nondemocratic regimes and in particular, necessitates high wages and policy concessions to the military. When these concessions are …