Autor(es): Patricio Navia
Otro(a)s Autore(a)s: Perelló, L., Argote, P.,
Año: 2025
Revista: Democratization
Referencia:
Perelló, L., Argote, P., & Navia, P. (2025). Shade-grown authoritarianism? Revisiting coffee as a curse in Latin America and the Caribbean. Democratization, 1–25.
Studies have shown that, in many cases, natural resources can act as a curse, hindering democratization. However, much of what we know about the resource curse is derived almost exclusively from petroleum. This article builds on a rich body of work and expands those findings by exploring whether coffee yields similar results. The field remains split: some suggest that coffee exports and production restrain democracy by strengthening authoritarian regimes, while others are skeptical or reject that proposition. We contribute to the debate by examining the relationship between coffee exports and democracy levels in 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries from 1962 to 2010. Our two-way fixed effects model, instrumental variable design, difference-in-difference estimations, and dynamic effects for staggered treatments reveal an insightful non-finding. Echoing the claims of coffee curse skeptics, coffee has not had a significant impact on democracy in the region.
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