Splitting Atoms: Why Do Countries Build Nuclear Power Plants? (doi:10.7910/DVN/OP5PHF)

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Document Description
Citation
Title:	Splitting Atoms: Why Do Countries Build Nuclear Power Plants?
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/OP5PHF
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Date of Distribution:	2012-05-11
Version:	1
Bibliographic Citation:	Matthew Fuhrmann, 2012, "Splitting Atoms: Why Do Countries Build Nuclear Power Plants?", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OP5PHF, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:5:1lfJOkSvh6xMbrOJwuliqA== [fileUNF]
Study Description
Citation
Title:	Splitting Atoms: Why Do Countries Build Nuclear Power Plants?
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/OP5PHF
Authoring Entity:	Matthew Fuhrmann
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Date of Deposit:	2012-02-15
Holdings Information:	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OP5PHF
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
File Description--f2359534
File: II Dataset- Fuhrmann.tab
	Number of cases: 5736 No. of variables per record: 28 Type of File: text/tab-separated-values
Notes:	UNF:5:1lfJOkSvh6xMbrOJwuliqA==

Variable Description
List of Variables:	ccode - Correlates of War (COW) CCode Num for state year - Year of observation prxbegin1 - DV: nuclear power plant construction in year t+1 lngdp - GDP (ln) econgrow - percent change in gdp lnenergydep - energy independence tmiprech - post-three mile island, pre-chernobyl chernobyl - post-chernobyl dummy programsw - nuclear weapons program - Singh and Way supally - alliance with major nuclear supplier sprival - superpower rival npt - NPT membership npcommitdum - at least one reactor under construction in year t noprxbegin1yrs - Time since last prxbegin1 _spline1prxbegin1 - (noprxbegin1yrs-k1) cubed _spline2prxbegin1 - (noprxbegin1yrs-k2) cubed _spline3prxbegin1 - (noprxbegin1yrs-k3) cubed exploreprgm - state exploring nukes but not pursuing nucaccalt5 - country experiences non-TMI-CHR nuclear accident (year t - year t+5) npcommitdumXtmiprech npcommitdumXchernob usneighb - US neighbor tmiprechXus - interaction term - us neighbor and three mile island sovneighb - neighbor of the soviet union chernobylXsov - interaction term - soviet neighbor and chernobyl polity2Xtmiprech polity2Xchernob polity2 - rescaled polity2 score - 0 to 21:
Variables
Correlates of War (COW) CCode Num for state
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:8Oghei3M4RPrU5e1wssspg==
Year of observation
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:NMev9hpvctVkMuQFl0lERg==
DV: nuclear power plant construction in year t+1
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:enmWg8TfLXois57Jp0uDTg==
GDP (ln)
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:ZGOy4P+RApKpvwIHP98pcQ==
percent change in gdp
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:mOz+d/I1mxhXv2jpAlPhNw==
energy independence
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:oLvxnnAhDkKYwXo0ii1GHg==
post-three mile island, pre-chernobyl
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:FkIEHpfwWmyI1bAF7CpRhw==
post-chernobyl dummy
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:Tx+oF7WtLx2scYBFYwsHrA==
nuclear weapons program - Singh and Way
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:ptn5KGlo9jD9cj1WqqAFUw==
alliance with major nuclear supplier
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:WnGNZbW129jSkbK9Luo7pw==
superpower rival
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:F6njIZwyR95/9jOPE40pUQ==
NPT membership
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:2TGmj/u2EieG1XbRyczkmw==
at least one reactor under construction in year t
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:/9CHgGLMCZBRFoH0EwTbpg==
Time since last prxbegin1
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:8xXqMLVy0bv2MUD8lrMEKA==
(noprxbegin1yrs-k1) cubed
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:NiMlWicsExhvtsDEx4YHdQ==
(noprxbegin1yrs-k2) cubed
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:+3RfI4ewhdHfONAAokq7zQ==
(noprxbegin1yrs-k3) cubed
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:d/8WSK1IUr0pZVRV4cG5HQ==
state exploring nukes but not pursuing
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:Ytuy55Qh3YzogyGBNsAU5Q==
country experiences non-TMI-CHR nuclear accident (year t - year t+5)
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:4H2AKLPpwQsrOMJra7r/+Q==
npcommitdumXtmiprech
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:EwAEgI4c/egP7AhbYRuN6A==
npcommitdumXchernob
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:6Kqb+uDjKEOp2kqPn/wsCA==
US neighbor
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:zBsWvnGE6wsrNihWbd5VPw==
interaction term - us neighbor and three mile island
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:EvRuQ4W1j8H9Ujbl+YK1vw==
neighbor of the soviet union
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:NYmSrHoUbRnhPRrp2TSKZg==
interaction term - soviet neighbor and chernobyl
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:BOXeszepqaFfSi3bt0rTHw==
polity2Xtmiprech
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:HaSWuDPXYQnBdNsxfoZIDg==
polity2Xchernob
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:3hqPNAxBZ1fZ5qaOCE4hYQ==
rescaled polity2 score - 0 to 21:
f2359534 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:2Kae6l3uM4TZ3N2qtm1Y3Q==
Other Study-Related Materials
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