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Replication data for: Economic Shocks and Democratization in Africa |
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doi:10.7910/DVN/28108 |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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2015-01-05 |
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Barron, Manuel; Miguel, Edward; Satyanath, Shanker, 2015, "Replication data for: Economic Shocks and Democratization in Africa", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/28108, Harvard Dataverse, V1 |
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Title: |
Replication data for: Economic Shocks and Democratization in Africa |
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Identification Number: |
doi:10.7910/DVN/28108 |
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Authoring Entity: |
Barron, Manuel |
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Miguel, Edward |
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Satyanath, Shanker |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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Harvard Dataverse Network |
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Date of Deposit: |
2014-12-09 |
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Date of Distribution: |
2014-12-09 |
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https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/28108 |
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Social Sciences, Political economy, Conflict, Environment, Climate, African development |
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The literature on the determinants of democratization was long dominated by a view that claimed a central role for economic development. Acemoglu et al. (2008, 2009) have recently challenged the robustness of empirical support for the modernization hypothesis. As an alternative they claim that democratization is likely to occur in moments of economic crisis. An article in a leading economics journal by Bruckner and Ciccone (2011) appears to offer strong support for this latter view; it claims that lagged adverse GDP shocks generated by poor rainfall generate windows of opportunity for democratization in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we present evidence that this provocative finding does not survive several sensible robustness checks, leading us to doubt if the paper offers new insights into the process of democratization. |
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Terms of Data: 1. To use the data set solely for research purposes, including statistical reporting and analysis. The database cannot be used for commercial ends, nor can it be sold 2. To maintain a secure computing environment for storage and use of these data sets and any data sets derived from it. Users agree not to share these data with, or provide copies of these data to, any other person or organization and to return or destroy these data sets, and any derivative data files, upon request from administrators. 3. To obtain relevant IRB and possibly other required approvals before using data. |
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Manuel Barron, Edward Miguel and Shanker Satyanath. 2013. "Economic Shocks and Democratization in Africa", Political Science Research and Methods, Available on CJO 2013 doi:10.1017/psrm.2013.27. |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Manuel Barron, Edward Miguel and Shanker Satyanath. 2013. "Economic Shocks and Democratization in Africa", Political Science Research and Methods, Available on CJO 2013 doi:10.1017/psrm.2013.27. |
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Barron-Miguel-Satyanath-replication-data.zip |
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Full set of replication files including STATA dataset and analysis code and log files. |
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application/zip |