Replication data for: Ruthless Rulers: Coalition Size and the Severity of Civil Conflict (doi:10.7910/DVN/BKJUDA)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Ruthless Rulers: Coalition Size and the Severity of Civil Conflict

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/BKJUDA

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2008-04-07

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Lindsay Heger; Idean Salehyan, 2008, "Replication data for: Ruthless Rulers: Coalition Size and the Severity of Civil Conflict", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BKJUDA, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:p+Tblz02lUlzm1lw+iYXXA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Ruthless Rulers: Coalition Size and the Severity of Civil Conflict

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/BKJUDA

Authoring Entity:

Lindsay Heger (University of California, San Diego)

Idean Salehyan (University of North Texas)

Date of Production:

2007-06

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

International Studies Quarterly

Access Authority:

Amber Aubone

Date of Deposit:

2007-11-15

Date of Distribution:

2007-06

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BKJUDA

Study Scope

Abstract:

What explains the level of violence during civil wars? In this paper, we argue that the size of the ruling coalition is a critical determinant of the severity of conflict. To maintain control over patronage, elites will fight to ward off challengers. The degree to which they use coercion hinges upon the level of private benefits they receive, which is in turn determined by coalition size. Further, we expect democracies to be more constrained in their use of force due to larger government coalitions and constraints on power. To proxy for coalition size, we use new data on the ethnic affiliation of heads of state. An empirical analysis of over 200 armed civil conflicts reveals that conflicts involving smaller ruling coalitions yield a greater number of deaths.

Notes:

Subject: STANDARD DEPOSIT TERMS 1.0 Type: DATAPASS:TERMS:STANDARD:1.0 Notes: This study was deposited under the of the Data-PASS standard deposit terms. A copy of the usage agreement is included in the file section of this study.;

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Data Access

Notes:

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

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Related Publications

Citation

Title:

Lindsay Heger and Idean Salehyan. 2007. "Ruthless Rulers: Coalition Size and the Severity of Civil Conflict." International Studies Quarterly 51(2): 385-403. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00456.x <a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00456.x" target= "_new">article available here</a>

Bibliographic Citation:

Lindsay Heger and Idean Salehyan. 2007. "Ruthless Rulers: Coalition Size and the Severity of Civil Conflict." International Studies Quarterly 51(2): 385-403. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00456.x <a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00456.x" target= "_new">article available here</a>

File Description--f698613

File: Heger-Salehyan ISQrepdata.tab

  • Number of cases: 7937

  • No. of variables per record: 35

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

Notes:

UNF:3:p+Tblz02lUlzm1lw+iYXXA==

Data file

Variable Description

List of Variables:
  • ccode - COW country id number
  • cname - abbreviated country name
  • year - year (first year of conflict)
  • ethonset - fearon and laitin ethnic wars
  • lpop - log of pop
  • polity2 - revised polity score
  • lgdpenl1 - log of lagged gdpen
  • lmtnest - log of mountains
  • w - BdM et al W score
  • upid - uppsala conflict id
  • side_a - Side A actor
  • side_b - Side B actor
  • case - case name
  • tbdeadlow - deaths low estimate, whole conflict
  • tbdeadhigh - deaths high estimate, whole conflict
  • tbdeadbest - deaths best estimate, whole conflict
  • group - leader's ethnic group
  • gpro - group proportion
  • elf - Ethnic Frac
  • numgrps - number of groups
  • gdp1000 - ln gdp per cap in '000s
  • lndead - log of death rate, ln(deaths/population)
  • duration - conflict duration in years
  • int1 - intervention, gov't
  • int2 - intervention, rebels
  • int3 - intervention, both
  • dem - Democracy dummy
  • demgpro - dem*gpro
  • id - dyadic id
  • terr - territorial conflict
  • uonset - conflict onset
  • rebel_strength - rebel strength, string
  • strength - rebel strength, categories
  • cap - COW CINC
  • milper - COW military per.

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abbreviated country name

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year (first year of conflict)

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fearon and laitin ethnic wars

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Variable Format: numeric

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log of pop

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revised polity score

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Variable Format: numeric

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log of lagged gdpen

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Variable Format: numeric

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log of mountains

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BdM et al W score

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uppsala conflict id

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Side A actor

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Side B actor

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case name

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deaths low estimate, whole conflict

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deaths high estimate, whole conflict

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deaths best estimate, whole conflict

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leader's ethnic group

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Variable Format: character

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group proportion

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Ethnic Frac

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Variable Format: numeric

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number of groups

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Variable Format: numeric

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ln gdp per cap in '000s

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Variable Format: numeric

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log of death rate, ln(deaths/population)

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Variable Format: numeric

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conflict duration in years

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Variable Format: numeric

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intervention, gov't

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intervention, rebels

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Variable Format: numeric

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intervention, both

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Variable Format: numeric

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Democracy dummy

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Variable Format: numeric

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dem*gpro

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Variable Format: numeric

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dyadic id

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territorial conflict

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Variable Format: numeric

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conflict onset

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rebel strength, string

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rebel strength, categories

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Variable Format: numeric

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COW CINC

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Variable Format: numeric

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COW military per.

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Variable Format: numeric

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Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

Heger-Salehyan ISQrep.do

Text:

Stata do replication file

Notes:

text/x-stata-syntax; charset=US-ASCII

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

Heger-Salehyan.zip

Text:

Data file in original stata file format

Notes:

application/zip