Replication Data for: Rebel Groups, International Humanitarian Law, and Civil War Outcomes in the Post-Cold War Era (doi:10.7910/DVN/5PEDGW)

View:

Part 1: Document Description
Part 2: Study Description
Part 3: Data Files Description
Part 4: Variable Description
Part 5: Other Study-Related Materials
Entire Codebook

Replication Data for: Rebel Groups, International Humanitarian Law, and Civil War Outcomes in the Post-Cold War Era

doi:10.7910/DVN/5PEDGW

Harvard Dataverse

2020-01-11

1

Stanton, Jessica A., 2020, "Replication Data for: Rebel Groups, International Humanitarian Law, and Civil War Outcomes in the Post-Cold War Era", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5PEDGW, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:ZNLfwTqfOAIOYpJTQ5ZBCQ== [fileUNF]

Replication Data for: Rebel Groups, International Humanitarian Law, and Civil War Outcomes in the Post-Cold War Era

doi:10.7910/DVN/5PEDGW

Stanton, Jessica A.

Harvard Dataverse

Stanton, Jessica A.

Ogura, Ikuma

2020-01-08

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5PEDGW

Social Sciences

Do rebel group violations of international humanitarian law during civil war – in particular, attacks on noncombatant civilians – affect conflict outcomes? I argue that in the post-Cold War era, rebel groups who do not target civilians have been able to use the framework of international humanitarian law to appeal for diplomatic support from Western governments and intergovernmental organizations. However, rebel group appeals for international diplomatic support are most likely to be effective when the rebel group can contrast its own restraint toward civilians with the government’s abuses. Rebel groups that do not target civilians in the face of government abuses, therefore, are likely to be able to translate increased international diplomatic support into more favorable conflict outcomes. Using original cross-national data on rebel group violence against civilians in all civil wars from 1989 to 2010, the findings show that rebel groups that exercise restraint toward civilians in the face of government violence are more likely to secure favorable conflict outcomes. In addition, I probe the causal mechanism linking rebel group behavior to conflict outcomes, showing that when a rebel group exercises restraint toward civilians and the government commits atrocities, Western governments and intergovernmental organizations are more likely to take coercive diplomatic action against the government. The evidence shows that rebel groups can translate this increased diplomatic support into favorable political outcomes.

<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

• Number of cases: 103

• No. of variables per record: 61

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

UNF:6:ZNLfwTqfOAIOYpJTQ5ZBCQ==

• countryid - countryid
• government - government
• rebels - rebels
• startmo - startmo
• startyr - startyr
• endmo - endmo
• endyr - endyr
• post89 - post89
• postJuly1998
• outcome
• outcome_binary
• termination_NSA - termination
• rrestraint - Rebel Group Restraint
• gcivtargeting - Government Civilian Targeting
• gcivtarget_rrestraint
• g5massacre - Government Massacres
• gmassacre_rrestraint
• gscorched - Government Scorched Earth
• gscorched_rrestraint
• gbombing - Government Bombing and Shelling
• gbombing_rrestraint
• gcleansing - Government Cleansing
• gcleansing_rrestraint
• gsanctions
• UNcondemn - UN Condemnation
• gsanctions_threat
• gsanctions_UNcondemn
• troop - troop
• logtroop - logtroop
• rebstrength_NSA - Rebel Group Strength (NSA data)
• rintervention
• gintervention
• bdeath - bdeath
• logbdeath - logbdeath
• duratn - duratn
• logduratn - logduratn
• avdeath - avdeath
• logavdeath - logavdeath
• pcgdp - pcgdp
• logpcgdp - logpcgdp
• separatist - separatist
• multiparty - Multiparty Conflict
• rstaid_nonWest
• P5ally
• polity - polity
• democracy - democracy
• autocracy - autocracy
• anocracy - anocracy
• WestAlly
• Islamic - Islamic
• prorok_adj - Prorok_adj
• osv_best_g - OSV_best_g
• osv_best_r - OSV_best_r
• osv_ratio - OSV_ratio
• osv_r_plus1
• osv_g_plus1
• logosv_r
• logosv_g
• icrq_bq
• taxratio
• WestMediation

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 190.7223616336279; Min. 90.0; Mean 571.0194174757281; Max. 850.0; Valid 103.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:aMtWe9EhV4pk2dDqQoRxtQ==

f3656416 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:v9Vq5bDl5nCFeR15uS/nYA==

f3656416 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:H/c+D7oStRpgvbD2WWWngA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Max. 12.0; Valid 103.0; StDev 3.857715931267914; Mean 6.980582524271845

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zuzf266MSoUpjcjlr6zyiw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 2008.0; StDev 11.863114499458419; Valid 103.0; Mean 1988.8543689320388; Min. 1948.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:OE1uVReDmRqWtBD0rXBEdA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Mean 8.680555555555555; Valid 72.0; Max. 12.0; StDev 3.2709837814147837

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:qIT1Rf9kHjLTo/9c3zvIHw==

f3656416 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:pzHkIu9jGNMT89y3agKBbg==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Valid 103.0; StDev 0.4821188717635573; Mean 0.6407766990291262; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:yHfPXEt86mVcpSrqUrqFvw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.6213592233009709; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.48742027712873626; Valid 103.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:GG8zq2O4piYo2El+nFM6Nw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 77.0; Max. 2.0; Mean 1.1818181818181819; StDev 0.806670752754358;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:/l8EL1pFxVi+s7jEGk9hoQ==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.42857142857142855; Valid 77.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.49811675413689926

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:aWjyszMvxFK7TWhMsJLrMA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1.7001024593708034; Valid 103.0; Min. 1.0; Max. 5.0; Mean 2.854368932038835

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zSRNo/jepRCrEmHnPyrACw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 103.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.49555419253441446; Mean 0.4174757281553398

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:cUzs5TgJWxmTY8CGRlRkdg==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.5024213216674026; Min. 0.0; Valid 103.0; Mean 0.5048543689320388; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:hRVrky9cfk7wieYR07tD3A==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.4184949418709826; Valid 103.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.22330097087378642

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:C3KAMx1ql23i0E0ZpZ/GDA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Valid 102.0; StDev 0.4322695004117408; Mean 0.24509803921568626; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:FvEqJKeaqQe+hjynJLt4cA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 102.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.13725490196078435; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.3458156003293932

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:vfXT8u/z+ttkml61rqjMzw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.5015990737145657; Max. 1.0; Valid 102.0; Mean 0.47058823529411764; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:lYp6EU/h7O3UMKgvL2ZEtQ==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.41996847465602877; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.22549019607843138; Valid 102.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:4ml1gVlgyItbsD59xSbzfQ==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.2156862745098039; Valid 102.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.41332869906783853

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:UwLph7lOsCocFPqxj8x7vw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 0.12745098039215685; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.33512428985750115; Valid 102.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:NTdwGb8Iw43KzuesQT7KuA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 0.13725490196078435; Valid 102.0; StDev 0.3458156003293928; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:jYzNlCl6wlt3ZXoGCWd+cg==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 102.0; StDev 0.25406804738953165; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.06862745098039216

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:2BOhkNChUTy+XBOgJ9bnqw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; StDev 0.49189122472915003; Valid 103.0; Mean 0.3980582524271844; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Te9HwiuFhuFj/yGhmtUhRg==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.4433551330755756; Valid 102.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.26470588235294124; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:znX9UrtQ/SQlFY81W74KSA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 103.0; Mean 0.4174757281553398; StDev 0.4955541925344145; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:7P4n8AF0nrldsNhhOGI2lQ==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.4368932038834951; Min. 0.0; Valid 103.0; StDev 0.4984269945287158; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:8yzDM/zTvWUGEdBPQWnvjQ==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 102.0; Min. 0.2083; StDev 237.8559792984223; Mean 108.2984554754902; Max. 1596.9017

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:CCGrh0Pi2pciG3EH4hYIRQ==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 102.0; Min. -1.5687759; Max. 7.3758206; Mean 2.8055383151960784; StDev 2.142887304273335;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:aWkSPqAiF33P/e9ZjmPYBg==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 5.0; StDev 0.7860868971921482; Mean 4.097087378640777; Min. 1.0; Valid 103.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:lHPu9J2pwM5EK1wEbntKbA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.12621359223300965; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.33371385096103456; Min. 0.0; Valid 103.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:4fksEKRxhXnu536leVkirQ==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.2330097087378641; Valid 103.0; StDev 0.42481561156151615

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:oWMGUefVQNbp9JpE0pDKBw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 30316.966019417487; StDev 65323.3124322315; Valid 103.0; Min. 350.0; Max. 532250.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:IPsSEahShY36DdnX4rCaPw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 9.050322274757281; Valid 103.0; StDev 1.6082401165611058; Max. 13.184869; Min. 5.857933;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:WZJNiDlvpf4c9kRfAJmdhA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 142.86828963066384; Valid 103.0; Min. 4.0; Max. 756.0; Mean 155.15533980582526

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:5wa2PvYqsAyzX5WnTTZQYQ==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.386294; StDev 1.1700669463277842; Mean 4.567254571428571; Max. 6.628041; Valid 91.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:MbuOq6MabapAnFG+gJRO5w==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 37792.898; Valid 103.0; StDev 5285.103653633469; Mean 3073.4435555048544; Min. 37.396825;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:hvwrKPKGLWCbU1oWR/W/uA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 103.0; StDev 1.5298963262685163; Max. 10.539877; Min. 3.6215858; Mean 7.0067781776699025;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:g0zhvzGwY1P4o/JuhxLumQ==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 103.0; Max. 21510.07; Min. 312.02; StDev 4594.959671133244; Mean 3633.9049514563103;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:v9lBgXZOv4bDkErCjtfwQA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 5.7430673; Max. 9.9762764; StDev 0.9883880528621275; Valid 103.0; Mean 7.666759546601941

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:1RCcmrFQYSiNlwQmdlX8Xw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 103.0; Mean 0.41747572815533973; StDev 0.49555419253441446;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:LXNdq4cG3Wl0bfeqO6M2vw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; StDev 0.5018526499269689; Min. 0.0; Valid 103.0; Mean 0.5242718446601942;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:SpQY5oinJYPJxojjBtPfig==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 103.0; StDev 0.47254732130632865; Mean 0.3300970873786408; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Ryx8frFc9L+9Ra/w9Th4Fw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.5024691508189856; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 102.0; Mean 0.5;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:1E/o125BgVvkVDuYKT6uFw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. -9.0; Valid 103.0; Max. 10.0; Mean -0.6310679611650498; StDev 6.055284989103119;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:c1rNiNlgJcu0JPuhhIo83A==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 103.0; StDev 0.4118462838337987; Mean 0.21359223300970878; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:irB/RSAUYek1/F30Kx/E7w==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 103.0; Mean 0.3592233009708738; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.48211887176355733

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Ziqu44jezd5wrA/y2ldEig==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Mean 0.42718446601941745; Min. 0.0; Valid 103.0; StDev 0.49708841971145473

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:VD9wxuwJKu3DQtNaeOrcUA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.40776699029126223; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 103.0; StDev 0.4938224894195678

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:FHGCfLOVDSjaILAQ0L8rwQ==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 103.0; StDev 0.45656578163942635; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.29126213592233013; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:bcEKIC2ImStflZoqobMoOw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.44000000000000006; StDev 1.3875897828268282; Max. 2.0; Min. -2.0; Valid 75.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:G93Q4vMquAf0hmphYz/bCw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 50045.086459820326; Valid 101.0; Max. 503581.0; Mean 5960.702970297035; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:RJf65RuJUjknvHd4rK8Odw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 3876.5739342265565; Mean 1165.0495049504952; Max. 35126.0; Valid 101.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:avpDq9Ytlu3CSc4o86O2VA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.39754833887186003; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.495879709997242; Valid 101.0; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:7INnD0I0Pmh0WaT8s8IjBg==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 3876.5739342265565; Valid 101.0; Min. 1.0; Max. 35127.0; Mean 1166.0495049504952

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:XKXbhx84YIfUWHwXyFyzGA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 50045.086459820326; Valid 101.0; Mean 5961.702970297035; Max. 503582.0; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:sHfzU8vqLn1slnLswW1CJw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 101.0; Max. 10.46672534942627; StDev 3.2007962981287132; Mean 4.0109797869578445; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:GGtklrpiHrHJr+wCjmu8Uw==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 4.039352388665227; StDev 3.4846557263534055; Valid 101.0; Max. 13.129502296447754; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:5FSMGxZa2fORqbj3ZQC5sA==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1.3317132627334183; Min. 0.0; Mean 1.3807017554839454; Valid 57.0; Max. 4.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:5J+r2zVRwcq3OeYCKRvJuQ==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.04800000041723251; Mean 0.13962307622512946; StDev 0.07553308141515509; Valid 52.0; Max. 0.31139999628067017

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:PznmdLhHlp1p0kIWuufw6w==

f3656416 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 103.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.5005232365984856; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.5436893203883496

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:cL/0mrACY8N03+IOTkV0Lg==

Label:

Stanton -- Civil War Outcomes -- Codebook.pdf

application/pdf

Label:

Stanton -- Civil War Outcomes -- Replication File.do

application/x-stata-syntax