Replication data for: Multilateral Trade and Militarized Conflict: Centrality, Openness, and Asymmetry in the Global Trade Network (doi:10.7910/DVN/MUYFKJ)

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Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Multilateral Trade and Militarized Conflict: Centrality, Openness, and Asymmetry in the Global Trade Network

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/MUYFKJ

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2012-01-09

Version:

4

Bibliographic Citation:

Kinne, Brandon J, 2012, "Replication data for: Multilateral Trade and Militarized Conflict: Centrality, Openness, and Asymmetry in the Global Trade Network", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MUYFKJ, Harvard Dataverse, V4, UNF:5:NOh9yyuA9a7hxq6gZwzQBg== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Multilateral Trade and Militarized Conflict: Centrality, Openness, and Asymmetry in the Global Trade Network

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/MUYFKJ

Authoring Entity:

Kinne, Brandon J (The University of Texas at Dallas)

Date of Production:

2012

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

Cambridge University Press

Access Authority:

Brandon J Kinne

Date of Deposit:

2012-01-09

Date of Distribution:

2012

Holdings Information:

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

Study Scope

Keywords:

trade integration, network analysis, network centrality, militarized disputes

Abstract:

Studies of the trade-conflict relationship typically emphasize dyadic over multilateral trade, ignoring the large-scale effects of trade integration. Openness, a common measure of integration, is conceptually problematic and yields inconsistent empirical results. Drawing on the concept of network centrality, I develop a network approach to integration, emphasizing three aspects of multilateral trade: breadth of trade ties, depth of trade ties, and commercial distance between non-partners. I then extend the dyadic logics of the trade-conflict literature to the multilateral level, focusing on (1) theories that predict that trade reduces conflict, either by increasing opportunity costs or by creating signaling mechanisms, and (2) theories that predict that trade, especially when asymmetric, increases the political autonomy of states and thus encourages aggression. Extensive country-year analysis shows that, consistent with the first set of theories, network centrality unilaterally constrains aggression. More central states initiate fewer conflicts, even when their trade ties are highly asymmetric.

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Citation

Title:

Kinne, Brandon J. 2012. "Multilateral Trade and Militarized Conflict: Centrality, Openness, and Asymmetry in the Global Trade Network," in Journal of Politics 74(1): 308-322.

Identification Number:

10.1017/S002238161100137X

Bibliographic Citation:

Kinne, Brandon J. 2012. "Multilateral Trade and Militarized Conflict: Centrality, Openness, and Asymmetry in the Global Trade Network," in Journal of Politics 74(1): 308-322.

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  • totmids - Number of MIDs initiated in t
  • polity - State A Polity score, interpolated, uses Gleditsch updates
  • cent50 - Trade centrality, alpha=0.5
  • lntpower - Trade power, log transformed
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  • lnopen - Log of trade openness
  • lngdppc - Log of GDP per capita
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Time since last mid

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(pyrs-k3) cubed

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Power concentration in the system, a la Mansfield & Snyder

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