@article{ref1,
title="You can't win if you don't fight: the role of regime type in counterinsurgency outbreaks and outcomes",
journal="Journal of conflict resolution",
year="2013",
author="Getmansky, Anna",
volume="57",
number="4",
pages="709-734",
abstract="What effect, if any, does democracy have on outcomes of counterinsurgency wars? Previous studies have provided inconclusive answers mainly because of the challenges involved in testing the question empirically: First, insurgencies are not accidental and the anticipated outcomes also affect whether they break out in the first place. Second, regimes are non-random and their determinants can also affect insurgency incidence and its outcomes. Moreover, different aspects of democracy can have opposite effects on the government's chances of winning. I address these challenges by conducting a critical test to distinguish between different causal mechanisms. I find that domestic institutions that are associated with public goods provision make insurgency onsets less likely. I also show that once we control for this selection effect, domestic political institutions do not influence insurgency outcomes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-0027",
doi="10.1177/0022002712449326",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022002712449326"
}