Determinants of Arab Public Opinion

Description

A reduced form of data set for reproducing an analysis on the determinants of Arab public opinion in seven countries toward 13 different countries.

Usage

DAPO

Format

A data frame with 91 observations on the following variables.

subjname

a three-character ISO code for the Arab (subject) country

objname

an ALL-CAPS English name for the target/object country

affect

an affect rating by the subject country to the object country

capsub

the composite index of national capabilities (capability ratio) of the subject country

capobj

the composite index of national capabilities (capability ratio) of the object country

securtie

a dummy variable indicating at least an informal security tie between the subject and object

export

the volume of exports from the subject to the object

import

the volume of imports to the subject from the object

subgdp

the gross domestic product (GDP) of the subject

islam

a dummy variable that equals 1 if the object is a predominantly Muslim country

west

a dummy variable that equals 1 if the object ia a Western country

Details

Exact coding issues/peculiarities are best addressed by reading the reference article. To maximally reproduce the article's analyses, the user will need to create some variables. The information is here, but you'll need to create a variable for dyadic trade (and as a percentage of the subject's GDP), GDP-adjusted imports, a means to filter out Israel from the analysis, and some of the information reported in Table 1. However, I think this is a learning experience for students.

References

Furia, Peter A. and Russell E. Lucas. 2006. "Determinants of Arab Public Opinion" International Studies Quarterly 50: 585-605.