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May 8, 2023
Smith, Alastair, 2023, "Replication Data for: UN Security Council Membership: Increased Security and Reduced Conflict", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CEPBYN, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:7F9roxDFkME/CcNFmp3REQ== [fileUNF]
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) membership comes with privileges. Existing research shows that the world's most powerful countries funnel financial favors to governments elected to the UNSC, arguably to influence their votes on matters of international importance. This study investigates whether these governments, whose election elevates the... |
May 8, 2023
Berlin, Mark, 2023, "Go Arm Me: How Militant Fragmentation Affects External Support", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FN8WEC, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:gsVaDy8lWnuiFPLOoLzc5g== [fileUNF]
Over the last fifty years, civil conflicts have grown increasingly complex due to the proliferation of new armed groups and rebel fragmentation. Yet, existing research on external support for armed groups often ignores this multi-actor dimension, overlooking the unusual amount of discretion sponsors have in deciding whom to support in any given tar... |
May 8, 2023
Piazza, James, 2023, "Replication Data for: Fear of Terrorism and Support for Nondemocratic Rule in Democracies", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/1BKRXX, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:jRZu0+Vnl7TbHCgJXrsjqA== [fileUNF]
Does fear of terrorism prompt some residents of democracies to abandon the ideal of democratic rule and instead endorse nondemocratic governance? If so, why? In this study, I theorize that fear of terrorism triggers intolerance of outgroups which, in turn, contributes to the erosion of pro-democratic norms and embrace of authoritarian rule. I test... |
May 8, 2023
Albarracín, Juan; Milanese, Juan Pablo; Valencia, Inge Helena; Wolff, Jonas, 2023, "Local Competitive Authoritarianism and Post-Conflict Violence. An Analysis of the Assassination of Social Leaders in Colombia", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YKL6QK, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:bLNyIEypeM8zD5gLap2viw== [fileUNF]
The threat of continued violence is a primary concern in post-conflict societies. This article contributes to the literature on post-conflict violence by analyzing a specific phenomenon that has characterized Colombia since the signing of the 2016 peace agreement: the assassination of social leaders. Building on explanations that emphasize state we... |
Nov 2, 2022
Anderson, Nicholas, 2022, "Introducing the Warring-States Japan Battle Data", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZPYW0E, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:0ujGP2wQoDmMr+SZXnuw1g== [fileUNF]
This article introduces the “Warring-States Japan Battle Data,” a new data set covering 2,889 battles occurring within Japan during its warring-states period, from 1467 to 1600. The dataset contains fifteen variables covering various features of the battles, including the date, location, participants, initiators, and victors, among others. This art... |
Sep 30, 2022
Soyoung Lee, 2022, "The Strong, The Weak, and The Honored: Examining the Decline in Honored Alliances Post-1945", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EUMAPS, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:6TQZ4Q4kUCCgjqbRtPZOjw== [fileUNF]
The rate at which states defend their allies in war has dropped from 81% during 1816-1944 to 7% in 1945-2016. I attribute the decline in honored alliances to a dramatic shift in the military capability of alliances. Contrary to the popular belief that alliances have become stronger after 1945, I find that the post-1945 international system also wit... |
Sep 30, 2022
Walentek, Dawid, 2022, "Reputation or Interaction: What Determines Cooperation on Economic Sanctions?", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FGFRZO, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:goSeGf4yT3llhkcLUpN0Lg== [fileUNF]
This article studies cooperation on multilateral economic sanctions. Despite low effectiveness and sanction-busting, multilateral economic sanctions are a popular tool of foreign policy. We explore an instrumental approach to sanctions and develop a game theory framework where sender states face a collective action problem when coordinating multila... |
Sep 30, 2022
Chen, Gong, 2022, "Utilitarianism or Cosmopolitanism? A Study of Education’s Impact on Individual Attitudes toward Foreign Countries", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KAPMST, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:MAVY2CnqrUZIkMmYyy+3Sg== [fileUNF]
This article attempts to study two different causal mechanisms where education affects individual attitudes toward foreign countries. On the one hand, education stands for human capital and/or skill level. According to the factor endowments model, for example, well-educated people in a capital-abundant country can materially benefit from trade ties... |
Feb 15, 2022
Frank, Richard, 2022, "Human Trafficking Indicators: A New Dataset", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2YXOSQ, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:6PMmPD9nadYwuwpQliqDjg== [fileUNF]
This manuscript describes the Human Trafficking Indicators (HTI) dataset, a new resource for research on the causes of, and policy responses to, human trafficking. HTI includes country-year level information on forty-six variables for up to 184 countries from 2000 to 2017. It is the first dataset to broadly capture different trafficking types and d... |
Sep 14, 2021
Song, Wonjun, 2021, "Dictators, Personalized Security Forces, and Coups", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/9GYWJK, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:g0fWdzH8tjcXhU4Zh+7sRw== [fileUNF]
Dictators rely on coercive forces to remain in office, as violence is the ultimate arbiter of power in these regimes. However, coercive forces also can remove the dictator from office in a coup. This presents the dictator with a dilemma. One way to address this dilemma is to personalize the security forces. This paper argues that personalizing the... |