Replication Data for: Too Central to Fail? Terror Networks and Leadership Decapitation (doi:10.7910/DVN/U1ARF5)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Too Central to Fail? Terror Networks and Leadership Decapitation

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/U1ARF5

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2020-02-21

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Milton, Daniel; Price, Bryan, 2020, "Replication Data for: Too Central to Fail? Terror Networks and Leadership Decapitation", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/U1ARF5, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:IUD/OKq+syyGBMPecmpNcQ== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Too Central to Fail? Terror Networks and Leadership Decapitation

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/U1ARF5

Authoring Entity:

Milton, Daniel (United States Military Academy)

Price, Bryan (Seton Hall University)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Interactions, International

Depositor:

Interactions, International

Date of Deposit:

2020-01-16

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/U1ARF5

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, Terrorism, Security, Foreign policy

Abstract:

Leadership decapitation, as a means of hindering the operations and hastening the demise of terrorist organizations, has been the subject of a growing body of research. However, these studies have not examined how an organization’s position in a broader network impacts its ability to weather decapitation. We argue that highly networked organizations possess characteristics that make decapitation less effective. To test this argument, we combine data on leadership decapitation with network data on terrorist organizations and find that well-networked organizations are resilience to leadership decapitation. Our study has implications for our understanding of how terrorist organizations respond to counterterrorism efforts.

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Data Access

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

Other Study Description Materials

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File: MiltonPrice_II_Final.tab

  • Number of cases: 1634

  • No. of variables per record: 31

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

Notes:

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Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

groupid

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Summary Statistics: Min. 9.0; StDev 185.9745756613967; Valid 1634.0; Mean 394.56119951040836; Max. 643.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:41Gxc7xo8fFNu1l+ADTghg==

name

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Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:YBYWhx97aU/rdyeK/Bfi5Q==

year

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1987.0; Mean 1995.7068543451653; Max. 2005.0; StDev 5.424005025367094; Valid 1634.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:L5IyLokoLvRplF8MCKldOQ==

failure

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 1634.0; Mean 0.025703794369644855; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.15829859434083976

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:RiwSTw0rxe/5uTIRgaWw+g==

allies

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 33.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 2.52692778457772; StDev 2.7989713771387397; Valid 1634.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:UTqByeM7aqlQMaLfHh8DcQ==

eigenvector centrality

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. -4.250000174010893E-8; Mean 0.03593895650804555; Valid 1634.0; StDev 0.07806811140667723; Max. 0.6199663281440735

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:WP97HTH3svSFgNjub9W6xw==

size

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 1.3402692778457768; Valid 1634.0; StDev 0.9261824938704528; Max. 3.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:1Kk+GMTYHJN8+FYCm3w88g==

contain_relig from BAAD

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Mean 0.3910648714810241; StDev 0.488138262517404; Valid 1634.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:faEpz3ImoV89G63biupDLQ==

contain_ethno from BAAD

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.49897677502763477; Mean 0.5342717258261939; Min. 0.0; Valid 1634.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:aqAzigy76m7bdn4O9DjCIA==

logpop

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 20.812707901000977; Mean 15.481773851551077; Valid 1634.0; StDev 4.177489991134536; Min. 8.036476135253906;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:oKZiHF7tYpt+gVTvklX9sA==

namerica

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Mean 0.015299877600978812; StDev 0.12278036155299005; Min. 0.0; Valid 1634.0;

Variable Format: numeric

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latamerica

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.327139789785015; Valid 1634.0; Mean 0.12178702570379685

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:65Vh8G6ZmrcQjybo9faYaQ==

ssafrica

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.2106548217747872; Min. 0.0; Valid 1634.0; Mean 0.046511627906977306; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:bMb0yxHmJQx1pRjss38ZGQ==

meast

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.30048959608323567; StDev 0.45861129094334985; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 1634.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:SzszlpZzbmUVecfuLPWsKg==

asia

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1634.0; Mean 0.3610771113831074; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.48045988907671283; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:M2EcvmHVOfiHw/SHWXigfQ==

share of world's capabilities. COW

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 2.3410000721924007E-4; Valid 1633.0; StDev 0.024934145330095067; Max. 0.15270979702472687; Mean 0.016865678091925677

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:KAonKXdgUzC5fBjoUN9VZA==

(sum) civilwar

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.5862913096695245; StDev 0.4926482949537915; Max. 1.0; Valid 1634.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:DwEMdjBnBeIaQmqn9D1GSQ==

decap

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.20665397488094517; Mean 0.044675642594859385; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 1634.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:JalSPlLBG+2rSkt70Ksn/w==

(aliveyears-k1) cubed

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean -348.446145798505; Max. 0.0; StDev 418.79829425248437; Valid 1634.0; Min. -1485.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:2yV879HQ4Sr1k8XtYpZQdQ==

(aliveyears-k2) cubed

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 597.9595716871048; Min. -2160.0; Valid 1634.0; Mean -454.54590099192643; Max. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:PK6iMvE1H3JUJ39p21d0yQ==

(aliveyears-k3) cubed

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 504.9923510003116; Min. -1925.0; Valid 1634.0; Mean -346.2656047624722; Max. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:XPjLKGPxopVLPn6T5Hs21w==

democracy

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1527.0; StDev 0.4694328080800235; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.6725605762933857

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:3YD3s+MyZ21AG1LGL6rp5g==

interact

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Summary Statistics: StDev 0.015763103464299585; Mean 0.0019016006088681452; Min. -4.250000174010893E-8; Valid 1634.0; Max. 0.24146100878715515

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zU6IgagCWlFiehVRg9WTdA==

interact_allies

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.10709914320685408; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.7000383376514304; Valid 1634.0; Max. 12.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:MAZTmmts7Y85iDZdydQ2zg==

lgdp

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 20.270511627197266; StDev 1.7746779418917187; Mean 25.31645878654337; Max. 30.20315170288086; Valid 1547.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:MW6pq/1rYDSU+yCvO0ccyA==

gdpb

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1124.598727252431; Max. 13093.7001953125; Min. 0.6358739733695984; Valid 1547.0; Mean 432.52409303284577

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:8+ogLEjvWk+eZ6arQbQd2w==

popt

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.093564032E9; Min. 3091.69921875; Mean 1.4538354592572334E8; StDev 2.9189729661409813E8; Valid 1634.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Fwart97kFIpYds9iVE+03g==

gdppercap

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 2378585.824943232; Min. 102.5805435180664; StDev 5470308.9569069; Max. 2.3298944E7; Valid 1547.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:iyeTdwOy8anRAv4b6/B1Tw==

size1

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.4804598890767145; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.36107711138310866; Valid 1634.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:8Tm4zxoDdlzvYbXBgQSM1g==

size2

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.3225214198286399; Valid 1634.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.46758438513936

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:+LFCEnq2v3ZB7by46y2ddg==

size3

f3661127 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.3147022759020548; Mean 0.1113831089351279; Max. 1.0; Valid 1634.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:xtAQ9dEanlIUFnYK98K49w==

Other Study-Related Materials

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MiltonPrice_II_Final.do

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