mid                  package:Zelig                  R Documentation

_M_i_l_i_t_a_r_i_z_e_d _I_n_t_e_r_s_t_a_t_e _D_i_s_p_u_t_e_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A small sample from the militarized interstate disputes database,
     available at <URL: http://pss.la.psu.edu/MID_DATA.HTM>.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(mid)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A table containing 6 variables ("conflict", "major", "contig", 
     "power", "maxdem", "mindem", and "years") and 3,126 observations. 
     For full variable descriptions, please see King and Zeng, 2001.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Militarized Interstate Disputes database

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     King, Gary, and Lanche Zeng (2001).  ``Explaining Rare Events in
     International Relations,'' _International Organization_, vol. 55,
     no. 3, pp. 693-715.  

     Jones, Daniel M., Stuart A. Bremer and David Singer (1996). 
     ``Militarized Interstate Disputes, 1816-1992: Rationale, Coding
     Rules, and Empirical Patterns,'' _Conflict Management and Peace
     Science_, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 163-213.

