The Strategic Development of Border Areas: Explaining Variation in Interaction Opportunity Across Land Borders. (doi:10.7910/DVN/FNSYRB)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

The Strategic Development of Border Areas: Explaining Variation in Interaction Opportunity Across Land Borders.

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/FNSYRB

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2012-05-11

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Michel E. Aleprete, Jr. and Aaron M. Hoffman, 2012, "The Strategic Development of Border Areas: Explaining Variation in Interaction Opportunity Across Land Borders.", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FNSYRB, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:5:FWDhEVPGa7vhOoU6QsZLSw== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

The Strategic Development of Border Areas: Explaining Variation in Interaction Opportunity Across Land Borders.

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/FNSYRB

Authoring Entity:

Michel E. Aleprete, Jr. and Aaron M. Hoffman

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Deposit:

2012-02-15

Holdings Information:

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

Study Scope

Abstract:

N/A

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Notes:

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

Other Study Description Materials

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File: aleprete_hoffman2011.tab

  • Number of cases: 6224

  • No. of variables per record: 78

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

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Variable Description

List of Variables:
  • ccode1 - COW CCode Num for state 1
  • ccode2 - COW CCode Num for state 2
  • year - Year of observation
  • abbrev1 - Country Abbreviation state 1
  • abbrev2 - Country Abbreviation state 2
  • polity1 - Polity score ccode1
  • polity2 - Polity score ccode2
  • polity_avg - Average Polity score
  • polity_low - Weak link polity score
  • cwpceyrs - Peace years
  • length - Border length (Starr and Thomas)
  • area - Border area (Starr and Thomas)
  • int1 - % Int = 1 (Starr and Thomas)
  • int2 - % Int = 2 (Starr and Thomas)
  • int3 - % Int = 3 (Starr and Thomas)
  • int4 - % int = 4 (Starr and Thomas)
  • sal1 - %sal = 1 (Starr and Thomas)
  • sal2 - %sal = 2 (Starr and Thomas)
  • sal3 - %sal = 3 (Starr and Thomas)
  • sal4 - %sal = 4 (Starr and Thomas)
  • vital1 - %vital =1 (Starr and Thomas)
  • vital2 - %vital = 2 (Starr and Thomas)
  • vital3 - %vital = 3 (Starr and Thomas)
  • vital4 - %vital = 4 (Starr and Thomas)
  • miss - % missing (Starr and Thomas)
  • opportunity - Interaction oportunities
  • maj_min - Major-minor dyads
  • distance - Inter-capital city distance
  • jointdem - Jointly democratic dyads
  • mtnest_avg - Terrain roughness (Fearon and Laitin)
  • dyadicgdp - rgdpl1+ rgdpl2 (logged)
  • dyadic_tradeopen - log(openk1*openk2)
  • avgtradeopen - Mean trade openness
  • dem_low - Democracy (low)
  • alliance - Alliance type (1=defense pact, 2=neutrality, 3=entente, 4=no agreement)
  • cwnmmdnw - Num of new dyadic MIDs that begin in year with cc1 and cc2 on opposite sides.
  • cwnmmdal - Total Num dyadic MIDs beginning or ongoing in year with cc1, cc2 on opp. sides
  • hi_depend - Trade dependency score of most trade dependent state in dyad
  • bilateraltrade - impab1+impba2+expab1+expba2
  • europe - European regional dummmy
  • LDCdyad - Dyad includes least developed country
  • include71 - Include dyad years from 1971-1992
  • include76 - Include dyad years from 1976-1992
  • include81 - Include dyad years from 1981-1992
  • include86 - Include dyad years from 1976-1992
  • mountainous - Mountainous border dummy
  • tallest_mountain - Highest mountain peak along border
  • newdyad - Dyad entering system >1971
  • sepratism - Trans. minorities across border
  • avg_gdppc - Mean GDP/cap
  • exclude - Repeated dyad dummy
  • dyadnum - Dyad number
  • govtshar1 - government share of real GDP, CGDP
  • taxratio1 - tax revenue as a percentage of GDP
  • totrev1 - total revenue as a percentage of GDP
  • rpc1 - relative political capacity
  • govtshar2 - government share of real GDP, CGDP
  • taxratio2 - tax revenue as a percentage of GDP
  • totrev2 - total revenue as a percentage of GDP
  • rpc2 - relative political capacity
  • per_topographic - Border topography
  • bound_access - Boundary accessibility (Anderson)
  • logdyadgdp - Dyadic GDP (log)
  • postsoviet - Post Soviet states
  • dytaxratio - Mean tax ratio
  • lowtaxratio - Tax ratio (low)
  • NUMIGO - IGO memberships
  • s2un - AFFINITY - annual 'S' scores, UNGA votes, excluding abstentions
  • s3un - AFFINITY - annual 'S' scores, UNGA votes, including abstentions
  • s2uni - AFFINITY - s2un, with 1964 values interpolated
  • s3uni - AFFINITY - s3un, with 1964 values interpolated
  • conflict_change - Violent territorial change
  • allies - Alliance dummy
  • gc11 - Transnational dispersion, kindred group in power
  • powerful_kin - Kin in power
  • dyadgdp
  • relative_dyadictrade
  • _merge

Variables

COW CCode Num for state 1

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COW CCode Num for state 2

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Year of observation

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Country Abbreviation state 1

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Country Abbreviation state 2

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Polity score ccode1

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Polity score ccode2

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Average Polity score

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Weak link polity score

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Peace years

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Variable Format: numeric

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Border length (Starr and Thomas)

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Border area (Starr and Thomas)

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% Int = 1 (Starr and Thomas)

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% Int = 2 (Starr and Thomas)

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% Int = 3 (Starr and Thomas)

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% int = 4 (Starr and Thomas)

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%sal = 1 (Starr and Thomas)

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%sal = 2 (Starr and Thomas)

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%sal = 3 (Starr and Thomas)

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%sal = 4 (Starr and Thomas)

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%vital =1 (Starr and Thomas)

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%vital = 2 (Starr and Thomas)

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%vital = 3 (Starr and Thomas)

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%vital = 4 (Starr and Thomas)

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% missing (Starr and Thomas)

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Interaction oportunities

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Notes: UNF:5:MIu+njP0bx0GpArgMukwBg==

Major-minor dyads

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Inter-capital city distance

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Jointly democratic dyads

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Terrain roughness (Fearon and Laitin)

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rgdpl1+ rgdpl2 (logged)

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log(openk1*openk2)

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Mean trade openness

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Democracy (low)

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Alliance type (1=defense pact, 2=neutrality, 3=entente, 4=no agreement)

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:4ypxPcHlmJopeulBrnNzsw==

Num of new dyadic MIDs that begin in year with cc1 and cc2 on opposite sides.

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:H8pLIHvifBaJJlAm+CgGLw==

Total Num dyadic MIDs beginning or ongoing in year with cc1, cc2 on opp. sides

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Trade dependency score of most trade dependent state in dyad

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Notes: UNF:5:bA5wiROU+MMqz8yVJr4MKQ==

impab1+impba2+expab1+expba2

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European regional dummmy

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Dyad includes least developed country

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Include dyad years from 1971-1992

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Include dyad years from 1976-1992

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Include dyad years from 1981-1992

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Include dyad years from 1976-1992

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Mountainous border dummy

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Highest mountain peak along border

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Dyad entering system >1971

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Trans. minorities across border

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Notes: UNF:5:M8Z1Tw2nbsOb0dI6BzBRiA==

Mean GDP/cap

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Repeated dyad dummy

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Dyad number

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government share of real GDP, CGDP

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tax revenue as a percentage of GDP

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total revenue as a percentage of GDP

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relative political capacity

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government share of real GDP, CGDP

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tax revenue as a percentage of GDP

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total revenue as a percentage of GDP

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relative political capacity

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Border topography

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Boundary accessibility (Anderson)

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Dyadic GDP (log)

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Post Soviet states

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Mean tax ratio

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Tax ratio (low)

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IGO memberships

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AFFINITY - annual 'S' scores, UNGA votes, excluding abstentions

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AFFINITY - annual 'S' scores, UNGA votes, including abstentions

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AFFINITY - s2un, with 1964 values interpolated

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AFFINITY - s3un, with 1964 values interpolated

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Violent territorial change

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Alliance dummy

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Transnational dispersion, kindred group in power

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Kin in power

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dyadgdp

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relative_dyadictrade

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_merge

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Label

Frequency

Text

5.

nonmissing conflict (5)

0

4.

missing updated (4)

0

2.

using only (2)

606

3.

matched (3)

0

1.

master only (1)

5618

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