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Militarized Interstate Disputes
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Description
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A small sample from the militarized interstate disputes database,
available at
`http://pss.la.psu.edu/MID\_DATA.HTM <http://pss.la.psu.edu/MID_DATA.HTM>`_.

Usage
~~~~~

::

    data(mid)

Format
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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.

Source
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Militarized Interstate Disputes database

References
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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.
