Reassessing the democratic advantage in interstate wars using k-adic datasets

Jacob Ausderan

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2018, vol. 35, issue 5, 451-473

Abstract: Numerous studies have used monadic or dyadic data to show that democracies are more likely to win wars. Poast (2010; Political Analysis 18(4): 403–425) demonstrates that the use of dyadic data to model events that are really multilateral (or k -adic) can bias the statistical results. In this article, I discuss the potential consequences of that bias for previous studies on democracy and war outcomes. Then I replicate some of those studies using modified, k -adic versions of the original datasets. Finally, I conduct an original analysis using the updated dataset on wars by Reiter et al. (2014a; Journal of Conflict Resolution ; doi: 10.1177/0022002714553107). Overall, I find several changes when using k -adic data. Most significantly, the relationship between democracy and war outcomes appears to be strongest for states that join the war effort after it has already started.

Keywords: Conflict; datasets; democracy; dyadic; k-adic; victory; war (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0738894216653601

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