R/rd-EBJ.R

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#' @importFrom tibble tibble
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#' The Economic Benefits of Justice
#'
#' A data set on the apparent economic benefits of post-conflict justice
#'
#' @format A data frame with 95 observations on the following 12 variables.
#' \describe{
#' \item{\code{testnewid_lag}}{an apparent identifier variable, of some description}
#' \item{\code{ccode}}{a Correlates of War(?) state code for the location of a conflict}
#' \item{\code{id}}{an apparent identifier variable, of some description}
#' \item{\code{pcj}}{a dummy variable for whether there was some kind of post-conflict justice institution created after a conflict}
#' \item{\code{fdi}}{a variable on net FDI inflows over a 10-year period after a conflict (in millions USD)}
#' \item{\code{econ_size}}{GDP, as an estimate of economic size}
#' \item{\code{econ_devel}}{GDP per capita, as an estimate of economic development}
#'  \item{\code{econ_growth}}{GDP per capita change, as an estimate of economic growth}
#' \item{\code{kaopen}}{KAOPEN index score, as an estimate of capital openness}
#' \item{\code{xr}}{exchange rate fluctuations, as an indicator of exchange rate instability}
#' \item{\code{lf}}{labor force size}
#' \item{\code{lifeexp}}{average life expectancy for women, in years}
#' }
#'
#' @details
#'
#' Data are taken Appell and Loyle's (2012) replication data set. Users should
#' read their article in *Journal of Peace Research* for more information about
#' the topic, the stake, and how the data were collected. This is just a simple,
#' reduced form of the data they make available that is minimally sufficient for
#' reproducing the first model of their Table I.
#'
#' @references
#'
#' Appell, Benjamin J. and Cyanne E. Loyle. 2012. "The Economic Benefits of
#' Justice: Post-conflict Justice and Foreign Direct Investment" 49(5): 685--99.
#'
"EBJ"