war1800: 19th-century international disputes
Description
Dataset of militarized international disputes between 1816 and 1899.
Details
The dataset is taken from the Correlates of War project. The unit of
observation is the dyad-year, and the variables are:
ccode1- Initiator's COW country code
ccode2- Respondent's COW country code
year- Year of dispute
cap_1- Initiator's military capabilities (as percent of total
system capabilities)
cap_2- Respondent's military capabilities (as percent of total
system capabilities)
balanc- Balance of dyadic capabilities possessed by the
initiator (i.e.,
cap_1 / (cap_1 + cap_2)) s_wt_re1- Dyadic S-score (see Signorino and Ritter 1998),
weighted by initiator's region
s_wt_re2- Dyadic S-score, weighted by respondent's region
dem1- Initiator's Polity score
dem2- Respondent's Polity score
distance- Distance (in miles) between initiator and respondent
peaceyrs- Years since last dispute in this dyad
midnum- Dispute's number in the MID data set
revis1- Whether the initiator had "revisionist" aims
revis2- Whether the respondent had "revisionist" aims
sq- Indicator for status quo outcome
capit- Indicator for capitulation outcome
war- Indicator for war outcome
esc- Indicator for escalation (i.e., either capitulation or war
occurs)
regime1- Initiator's regime type (calculated from
dem1) regime2- Respondent's regime type (calculated from
dem2)
References
Daniel M. Jones, Stuart A. Bremer and J. David Singer. 1996.
"Militarized Interstate Disputes, 1816-1992: Rationale, Coding Rules, and
Empirical Patterns." Conflict Management and Peace Science 15(2):
163--213.