Buhaugetal_2009_JCR {BayesMFSurv}

Buhaugetal_2009_JCR

Description

Subsetted version of survival database extracted from Buhaug et al. (2009). It has precisely dated duration data of internal conflict as well as geographic data. Variables Y, Y0 and C were later added by Bagozzi et al. (2019). It is used to estimate the Bayesian Misclassified Failure (MF) Weibull model presented in Bagozzi et al. (2019).

Usage

data(Buhaugetal_2009_JCR)

Format

A data frame with 1562 rows and 13 variables

Details

lndistx

log conflict-capital distance.

confbord

conflict zone at border.

borddist

confbord * lndistx centred.

figcapdum

rebel fighting capacity at least moderate.

lgdp_onset

gdp capita in onset year.

sip2l_onset

Gates et al. (2006) SIP code (1 year lag) for the onset year.

pcw

post cold war period, 1989+.

frst

percentage of forest in conflict zone.

mt

percentage of mountains in conflict zone.

Y

conflict duration.

Y0

elapsed time since inception to Y (t-1).

C

censoring variable.

coupx

coup d'etat, except if overlapping with other gov't conflict (PHI 1989).

Source

Buhaug, Halvard, Scott Gates, and Päivi Lujala (2009), Geography, rebel capability, and the duration of civil conflict, Journal of Conflict Resolution 53(4), 544 - 569.