COW Country Code
Year
Country Name
Country Code (often same as World Bank Country Code)
GPCP: Avg Precipitation in mm per year - NASA GPCP V2 (Huffman et al., 1997)
GPCP lagged one period
GPCP lagged two periods
GPCP growth
GPCP_g lagged one period
GPCP_g lagged forward one period
GPCP first difference
GPCP_d lagged one period
GPCP difference from the mean (of the 1979 to 2001 observations)
GPCP_df_mean lagged one period
GPCP_df_mean lagged two periods
NCEP: Avg Precipitation in mm per year - NOAA NCEP CPC Merged (Xie & Arkin, 1996
NCEP lagged one period
NCEP lagged two periods
NCEP growth
NCEP_g lagged one period
NCEP_g lagged forward one period
NCEP first difference
NCEP_d lagged one period
NCEP difference from the mean (of the 1979 to 2001 observations)
NCEP_df_mean lagged one period
NCEP_df_mean lagged two periods
FAOCLIM2: Number of Station-Month Observations used in calculating FAO
FAOCLIM2: Avg Precipitation in mm per year
FAO lagged one period
FAO lagged two periods
FAO growth
FAO_g lagged one period
FAO_g lagged forward one period
FAO first difference
FAO_d lagged one period
FAO difference from the mean (of the 1960 to the latest available observations)
FAO_df_mean lagged one period
FAO_df_mean lagged two periods
NDVI: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NDVI lagged one period
NDVI lagged two periods
NDVI growth
NDVI_g lagged one period
NDVI_g lagged forward one period
NDVI first difference
NDVI_d lagged one period
NDVI difference from the mean (of the 1982 to 2001 observations)
NDVI_df_mean lagged one period
NDVI_df_mean lagged two periods
PRIO/UPPSALA: Internal Conflict - 0=None 1=Minor 2=Intermediate 3=War
PRIO/UPPSALA: Internationalized Internal Conflict - 0=None 1=Minor 2=Inter 3=War
Internal War or Internationalized Internal War - Type 3 = 3 or Type 4 = 3
Minor or Intermediate Internal Conf or Intl Internal Conf - Type 3 or 4 = 1 or 2
Any Internal or Intl Internal Conflict - Type 3 or 4 = 1, 2, or 3
WAR_PRIO Onset
MINOR_PRIO Onset
ANY_PRIO Onset
WAR_PRIO Offset
MINOR_PRIO Offset
ANY_PRIO Offset
FL: # wars in progress in country year
FL: 1 if war ongoing in country year
FL: lagged war, w/ 0 for start of country series
FL: 1 for civil war onset
FL: war ends = 1, 0 = ongoing
FL: war years for each onset
FL: population, in 1000s
FL: log of pop
FL: revised polity score
FL: gdp/pop based on pwt5.6, wdi2001,cow energy data
FL: lagged gdpenl, except for first in country series
FL: log of lagged gdpen
FL: log population, lagged except for first in country series
FL: Former British colony
FL: Former French colony
FL: Estimated % mountainous terrain
FL: log of mtnest
FL: > 1/3 export revenues from fuels
FL: noncontiguous state
FL: ethnic frac. based on Soviet Atlas, plus est's for missing in 1964
FL: ethnic fractionalization based on Fearon 2002 APSA paper
FL: religious fractionalization
FL: 1 in 1st 2 years of state's existence
FL: lagged polity2, except 1st in country series
FL: > 2 change in Polity measure in last 3 yrs
FL: lagged democracy (polity2l > 5)
FL: # Sambanis/Doyle civ wars in progress
FL: onset of Sambanis/Doyle war
FL: # Collier/Hoeffler wars in progress
FL: onset of Collier/Hoeffler war
FL: # COW civ wars in progress
FL: onset of COW civ war
FL: 1 if COW war ongoing in last period
FL: 1 if S/D war ongoing in last period
FL: 1 if C/H war ongoing in last period
(GDPEN - GDPENL) / GDPENL
GDP_G lagged
GDP per capita in 1979 (1990 for Namibia) - from FL gdpen
Democracy Indicator - 1 if polity2l >= 6, 0 otherwise
Civil War Incidence using Collier & Hoeffler's coding - 1 if COLWARS > 0, 0 othe
DOYLE & SAMBANIS: Civil War Start - 1 first ob, missing (.) other obs, 0 no war
WARSTDS onset - 1 if WARSTDS = 1
WARSTDS incidence - 1 if WARSTDS = 1 or Missing(.)
GDNGD: Terms of trade (goods and services, 1995 = 100)
TOT_100 lagged one period
TOT_100 growth
WDI: Terms of trade adjustment (constant LCU) - NY.TTF.GNFS.KN
WDI: Trade (% of GDP) - NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
WDI: Trade in goods (% of GDP) - TG.VAL.TOTL.GD.ZS
WDI: Trade in goods (% of goods GDP) - TG.VAL.TOTL.GG.ZS
WDI: Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure) - MS.MIL.XPND.ZS
WDI: Military personnel, total - MS.MIL.TOTL.P1
WDI: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) - SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
WDI: Roads, total network (km) - IS.ROD.TOTL.KM
WDI: Tax revenue (% of GDP) - GB.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
WDI: Tax revenue (current LCU) - GB.TAX.TOTL.CN
WDI: School enrollment, secondary, male (% gross) - SE.SEC.ENRR.MA
WDI: School enrollment, secondary, male (% net) - SE.SEC.NENR.MA
WDI: Population density (people per sq km) - EN.POP.DNST
WDI: Population density, rural (people per sq km) - EN.RUR.DNST
WDI: Aid per capita (current US$) - DT.ODA.ALLD.PC.ZS
WDI: GINI index - SI.POV.GINI
WDI: Income share held by fourth 20% - SI.DST.04TH.20
WDI: Income share held by highest 10% - SI.DST.10TH.10
WDI: Income share held by highest 20% - SI.DST.05TH.20
WDI: Income share held by lowest 10% - SI.DST.FRST.10
WDI: Income share held by lowest 20% - SI.DST.FRST.20
WDI: Income share held by second 20% - SI.DST.02ND.20
WDI: Income share held by third 20% - SI.DST.03RD.20
WDI: Land use, arable land (% of land area) -  AG.LND.ARBL.ZS
WDI: Land use, permanent cropland (% of land area) - AG.LND.CROP.ZS
WDI: Forest area  (% of land area) - AG.LND.FRST.ZS
WDI: Land use, irrigated land (% of cropland) - AG.LND.IRIG.ZS
WDI: Land use, other (% of land area) - AG.LND.OTHR.ZS
WDI: Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) - NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS
WDI: Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) - NV.IND.MANF.ZS
WDI: Industry, value added (% of GDP) - NV.IND.TOTL.ZS
WDI: Services, etc., value added (% of GDP) - NV.SRV.TETC.ZS
WDI: Population ages 0-14, female - SP.POP.0014.FE.IN
WDI: Population ages 0-14, male - SP.POP.0014.MA.IN
WDI: Population ages 0-14, total - SP.POP.0014.TO
WDI: Population ages 0-14 (% of total) - SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS
WDI: Population ages 15-64, female - SP.POP.1564.FE.IN
WDI: Population ages 15-64 (% of total) - SP.POP.1564.IN.ZS
WDI: Population ages 15-64, male - SP.POP.1564.MA.IN
WDI: Population ages 15-64, total - SP.POP.1564.TO
WDI: Population ages 65 and above, female - SP.POP.65UP.FE.IN
WDI: Population ages 65 and above, male - SP.POP.65UP.MA.IN
WDI: Women ages 65 and above (per 100 men) - SP.POP.65UP.MF.ZS
WDI: Population ages 65 and above, total - SP.POP.65UP.TO
WDI: Population ages 65 and above (% of total) - SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS
WDI: Poverty headcount, national (% of population) - SI.POV.NAHC
WDI: Poverty headcount, rural (% of population) - SI.POV.RUHC
WDI: Poverty headcount, urban (% of population) - SI.POV.URHC
WDI: Rural population (% of total population) - SP.RUR.TOTL.ZS
WDI: Population, total - SP.POP.TOTL
WDI: Population ages 15-24, male
Percentage of males ages 0 to 14 of total population - POP_0014_MALE / POP_TOT
Percentage of males ages 15 to 24 of total population - POP_1524_MALE / POP_TOT
FAOSTAT: Food Aid All Donors - Wheat, Rice, Barley, Maize, Rye, Oats, Millet, ..
ALESINA ET AL: Fractionalization - Ethnic
ALESINA ET AL: Fractionalization - Language
ALESINA ET AL: Fractionalization - Religion
POLITY IV: Institutionalized Democracy
POLITY IV: Institutionalized Autocracy
POLITY IV: Combined Polity Score ( DEMOC - AUTOC )
POLITY IV: Combined Polity Score with adjustment for -66, -77, -88
POLITY IV: Regime Durability
POLITY IV: Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment
POLITY IV: Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment
POLITY IV: Openness of Executive Recruitment
POLITY IV: Executive Constraints (Decision Rules)
POLITY IV: Regulation of Participation
POLITY IV: The Competitiveness of Participation
POLITY IV: Executive Recruitment Concept
POLITY IV: Executive Constraints Concept
POLITY IV: Political Competition Concept
DPI: Is Chief Executive a military officer?
DPI: Exec Party Right (R); Left (L); Center (C); N/A (0)
DPI: Exec Party Nationalist (1 if yes)
DPI: Exec Party Rural (1 if yes)
DPI: Exec Party Regional (1 if yes)
DPI: Exec Party Religious (1 if yes)
DPI: Exec Party Time since formation under this name
DPI: Does party of executive control all relevant houses?
DPI: Legislature Herfndahl Index Govt.
DPI: Legislature Herfndahl Index Opposition
DPI: Legislature Opposition Fractionalization
DPI: Checks and balances
DPI: Are there autonomous regions?
DPI: Are the municipal governments locally elected?
DPI: Are the state/ province governments locally elected?
DPI: Do Sub-national govts. have extensive tax, spending or regulatory authority
DPI: Are the constituencies of the senators the states/provinces?
FREEDOM HOUSE: Civil Liberties Rating
FREEDOM HOUSE: Political Rights Rating
BDM ET AL: Selectorate Size
BDM ET AL: Winning Coalition Size
BDM ET AL: W/S - Loyalty Norm
BARRO (1991): Socialist Country Dummy - 1 if Socialist, 0 Otherwise