-Saharan African countries-Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia-in normal times and times of widespread economic crisis … reduce losses in incomes and consumption in times of crisis, by simulating hypothetical reductions to earnings and employment … countries is low in normal times. The effectiveness of benefits to stabilize income and consumption in times of crisis is also …

This paper explores whether coups cause increased crisis risk, and if some types of coups are associated with stronger … risk. I use a worldwide sample with data on more than 1200 onsets of economic crisis between 1950 and 2019, treat separate …