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Description & Citation
Description & Citation--Study No. 6356 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 6356 |
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| Persistent URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06356 |
| Title: | Initiation of Militarized Disputes Among Great Power Rivals, 1816-1975 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Paul D. Huth |
| D. Scott Bennett | |
| Christopher Gelpi | |
| Funding Agency: | National Science Foundation. |
| Grant Number: | SES 9023067 |
| Bibliographic Citation: | Huth, Paul, D. Scott Bennett, and Christopher Gelpi. INITIATION OF MILITARIZED DISPUTES AMONG GREAT POWER RIVALS, 1816-1975 [Computer file]. ICPSR06356-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Paul Huth, D. Scott Bennett, and Christopher Gelpi, University of Michigan [producer], 1993. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1995. |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between system structure and the initiation of militarized disputes among ''Great Power'' rivals from 1816 to 1975. The Great Powers during this time period are identified as Great Britain, France, Russia/Soviet Union, Austria-Hungary, Prussia/Germany, Italy, the United States, Japan, and China. In a Great Power rivalry, there are periodic military and diplomatic challenges to the status quo disputed by one or both of the powers. The central hypothesis of this study concerns the interaction between system uncertainty and the risk propensity of national decision-makers. Variables measure dispute initiation, system uncertainty, risk propensity, balance of military capabilities, arms races, preventive motive, power transition, rival's possession of second-strike nuclear capability, rival's past behavior, and current dispute involvement of challenger and rival. Risk attitudes are measured using Kahneman and Tversky Prospect Theory findings. Part 2, Initiation Variables Data, contains the complete set of variables, and Part 1, Initiation Final Equation Data, is a subset of Part 2. |
| Subject Term(s): | aggression, arms race, diplomacy, international conflict, international politics, militarism, military strength, political change, political leaders, power structures, world politics |
| Geographic Coverage: | Global |
| Time Period: | 1816 - 1975 |
| Date(s) of Collection: | 1990 - 1991 |
| Data Type: | aggregate data |
| Data Collection Notes: | Data for this study were extracted in part from CORRELATES OF WAR PROJECT: INTERNATIONAL AND CIVIL WAR DATA, 1816-1992 (ICPSR 9905) and POLITY DATA: PERSISTENCE AND CHANGE IN POLITICAL SYSTEMS, 1800-1971 (ICPSR 5010). For a more detailed description of the current dataset, users may consult the related literature. UNIVERSE = Militarized disputes involving Great Powers of 1816-1975. |
Methodology | |
| Data Source: | CORRELATES OF WAR PROJECT: INTERNATIONAL AND CIVIL WAR DATA, 1816-1992 (ICPSR 9905) and POLITY DATA: PERSISTENCE AND CHANGE IN POLITICAL SYSTEMS, 1800-1971 (ICPSR 5010) |
Access and Availability | |
| Note: | A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
| Original ICPSR Release: | 1995-03-16 |
| Version History: | The last update of this study occurred on 1995-03-16. |
| 2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 7 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads. | |
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