gwstates

A list of independent states and microstates from 1816 on by
Gleditsch and Ward

datasets

Create panel data consisting of independent states from 1816 to
the present. The package includes the Gleditsch & Ward (G&W) and Correlates
of War (COW) lists of independent states, as well as helper functions for
working with state panel data and standardizing other data sources to
create country-year/month/etc. data.

Andreas Beger

states

Create Panels of Independent States

gwstates function

Data frame<dl>
<dt><code>gwcode</code></dt>
<dd>Gleditsch and Ward country code.</dd><dt><code>gwc</code></dt>
<dd>G&amp;W character country code. This is derived from the COW character codes.</dd><dt><code>country_name</code></dt>
<dd>Long form country name</dd><dt><code>start</code></dt>
<dd>Country start of independence.</dd><dt><code>end</code></dt>
<dd>Country end of independence.</dd><dt><code>microstate</code></dt>
<dd>Logical flag for whether state is a microstates with less than 250,000 population.</dd>
</dl>

Format

Gleditsch and Ward list of independent states — gwstates

Data frame<dl>
<dt><code>gwcode</code></dt>
<dd>Gleditsch and Ward country code.</dd>

<dt><code>gwc</code></dt>
<dd>G&amp;W character country code. This is derived from the COW character codes.</dd>

<dt><code>country_name</code></dt>
<dd>Long form country name</dd>

<dt><code>start</code></dt>
<dd>Country start of independence.</dd>

<dt><code>end</code></dt>
<dd>Country end of independence.</dd>

<dt><code>microstate</code></dt>
<dd>Logical flag for whether state is a microstates with less than 250,000 population.</dd>


</dl>

gwstates: Gleditsch and Ward list of independent states

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