While theorists have scrutinized the causes of revolution, they have avoided systematic study of its consequences. This paper counters such in a number of ways. Rival models of the effects of revolution are developed. To make testing of these competing models possible, revolution is conceived of as an experimental treatment in an interrupted time-series design. Utilizing this design, economic data on the Cuban Revolution are analyzed. The findings reject three leading models of revolutionary effects-the Conservative, the Marxist, and the Thermidorian. Instead, the results hint that the economic effects of revolution are neither as pervasive nor as disruptive as commonly supposed, at least in the short run.