war1800: 19th-century international disputes
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Dataset of militarized international disputes between 1816 and 1899.

1	data(war1800)

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)

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.

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