Data

Disaster Aid Data

These data were used in The Politics of Humanitarian Assistance: U.S. Foreign Disaster Aid, 1964-1995 (2005, Journal of Politics). These data come from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Office for Disaster Assistance and the New York Times. When using these data, please cite Drury, A. Cooper, Richard S. Olson, and Douglas A. Van Belle. 2005. 2005. Journal of Politics. 67: 454-473. [download data]

Democratic Sanction Data

These data were used in Democratic Sanctions: Connecting the Democratic Peace and Economic Sanctions. These data are originally from a list provided by Kim Elliott that will appear in Hufbauer, Schott, Elliott, and Oegg, (forthcoming), Economic Sanctions Reconsidered: Supplemental Case Histories, and Economic Sanctions Reconsidered, 3rd edition, Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics. I converted the list of cases to dyadic form. When using these data, please cite Cox, Dan G. and A. Cooper Drury. Forthcoming. “Democratic Sanctions: Connecting the Democratic Peace and Economic Sanctions.” Journal of Peace Research. [download data]

Sanction Effectiveness Data

These data were used in Revisiting Economic Sanctions Reconsidered (1998, Journal of Peace Research). I coded them primarily from Hufbauer, Gary Clyde, Jeffrey J. Schott, and Kimberly Ann Elliott, 1990, Economic Sanctions Reconsidered: Supplemental Case Histories, and Economic Sanctions Reconsidered: History and Current Policy, Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics. When using these data, please cite Drury, A. Cooper. 1998. “Revisiting Economic Sanctions Reconsidered.” Journal of Peace Research. 35:497-509. [download data]

Sanction Decision Data

There are two data sets on the decision to use economic sanctions. The first data set runs from 1949-1978 and includes the use and modification of sanctions. These data were used in U.S. Presidents and the Use of Economic Sanctions (2000, Presidential Studies Quarterly). Please cite Drury, A. Cooper. 2000. “U.S. Presidents and the Use of Economic Sanctions.” Presidential Studies Quarterly. 30:623-642. [download data]

The second data set runs from 1966-1992 and includes sanction initiation data. These were used in Sanctions as Coercive Diplomacy: The U.S. President’s Decision to Initiate Economic Sanctions (2001, Political Research Quarterly). Please cite Drury, A. Cooper. 2000. “Sanctions as Coercive Diplomacy: The U.S. President’s Decision to Initiate Economic Sanctions.” Political Research Quarterly. 54:485-508. [download data]

Unrest Data

The Political Unrest, Repression, and Instability data are currently under development. Email me with questions or requests.