Dataset for a natural experiment that studied whether assassinations of political leaders had an effect on institutions and war.
leaders
A data frame with 250 rows and 11 variables:
integer: year
character: name of the country
character: name of the leader who was targeted
integer: age of the targeted leader
numeric: average polity score of the country during the three-year period prior to the attempt
numeric: average polity score of the country during the three-year period after the attempt
integer: 1 if the country is in international war during the three-year period prior to the attempt, 0 otherwise
integer: 1 if the country is in international war during the three-year period after the attempt, 0 otherwise
integer: 1 if the country is in civil war during the three-year period prior to the attempt, 0 otherwise
integer: 1 if the country is in civil war during the three-year period after the attempt, 0 otherwise
character: result of the assassination attempt
See QSS Table 2.8.
Imai, Kosuke. 2017. Quantitative Social Science: An Introduction. Princeton University Press. URL.
Benjamin F. Jones and Benjamin A. Olken (2009) “Hit or miss? The effect of assassinations on institutions and war.” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 55–87. doi: 10.3386/w13102