Subsetted version of a time-series-cross-sectional (TSCS) dataset used in Walter (2015). It has data on duration of post-war peace as well as information on other relevant economic and political data.

data(Walter_2015_JCR)

Format

A data frame with 1237 rows and 13 variables

Source

Walter, Barbara F. (2015), Why Bad Governance Leads to Repeat Civil War, Journal of Conflict Resolution 59(7), 1242 - 1272.

Details

year

year.

lastyear

last observation year.

renewed_war

binary variable coded as 1 if the war was fought.

fhcompor1

Freedom House civil liberties index.

lgdpl

log of per capita GDP in 2005 dollars.

comprehensive

combatants signed comprehensive peace agreement.

victory

end of previous war with outright victory.

instabl

dummy that indicates whether there was a positive or negative change in the Polity 2 score in the previous country-year.

intensityln

deaths per year -- logged.

ethfrac

index of ethnic fractionalization.

unpko

number of UN peacekeepers on the ground.

ccode

country code.

id

unique conflict identifier.