grh_arms_races: Conventional Arms Races During Periods of Rivalry
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Conventional Arms Races During Periods of Rivalry
Description
This is a simple data set of 71 arms races reported by Gibler et al. in their
2005 article in Journal of Peace Research.
Usage
grh_arms_races
Format
A data frame the following five variables.
race_idthe arms race identifier
ccode1a numeric vector for the Correlates of War state code for the first state
ccode2a numeric vector for the Correlates of War state code for the second state
styearthe start year for the arms race
endyearthe end year for the arms race
Details
Data are taken from the appendix of Gibler, Rider, and Hutchison's (2005)
article in Journal of Peace Research. Read the article and appendix for
more information about coding procedures.
References
Gibler, Douglas M., Toby J. Rider, and Marc L. Hutchison. 2005. "Taking Arms Against
a Sea of Troubles: Conventional Arms Races during Periods of Rivalry"
Journal of Peace Research 42(2): 131–47.
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Conventional Arms Races During Periods of Rivalry
Description
This is a simple data set of 71 arms races reported by Gibler et al. in their 2005 article in Journal of Peace Research.
Usage
grh_arms_races
Format
A data frame the following five variables.
race_idthe arms race identifier
ccode1a numeric vector for the Correlates of War state code for the first state
ccode2a numeric vector for the Correlates of War state code for the second state
styearthe start year for the arms race
endyearthe end year for the arms race
Details
Data are taken from the appendix of Gibler, Rider, and Hutchison's (2005) article in Journal of Peace Research. Read the article and appendix for more information about coding procedures.
References
Gibler, Douglas M., Toby J. Rider, and Marc L. Hutchison. 2005. "Taking Arms Against a Sea of Troubles: Conventional Arms Races during Periods of Rivalry" Journal of Peace Research 42(2): 131–47.
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