International Border Agreements Dataset (IBAD): This dataset contains information on whether neighboring states have delimited the entirety of their mutual border(s) under international law (i.e, de jure border settlement), as well as the process by which these borders emerged. Temporal domain: 1816-2001 Spatial domain: All land/inland contiguous states Content:
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Accessing the data:
Those wishing to access and/or use the data may freely do so by clicking here, but we request several professional courtesies from users:
Publications and projects using the data:
Book Manuscript (in progress):
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
Working Papers (including those under review; date of last draft update listed):
Those wishing to access and/or use the data may freely do so by clicking here, but we request several professional courtesies from users:
- (1) Please cite the article of record for the dataset if using this data in your own work. This citation is:
Owsiak, Andrew P., Allison K. Cuttner, and Brent Buck. (2016) "The International Border Agreements Dataset." Conflict Management and Peace Science, forthcoming.
NOTE: The dataset is described in its entirety within this article. Users are encouraged to download and read this article for more information on the dataset's contents, including the different data files. Replication for the above article also appears on my Dataverse page. - (2) Please do not redistribute the IBAD data to other scholars. Instead, please direct them to this web site to download the latest officially released version of the data. All users may wish to check this website occasionally to ensure they have the latest version of the data.
- (3) As you are using the data, if you notice any potential errors or missing cases, please report them, so that we can investigate and correct the error if appropriate.
- (4) Please email us a copy of any of your research that uses the data. We are always interested in seeing what other scholars are doing with the data.
Publications and projects using the data:
Book Manuscript (in progress):
- Dangerous Ground: Interstate Rivalry and the Settlement of Borders (with Toby J. Rider). 2016. Texas Tech University/University of Georgia.
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- "Border Settlement and the Movement toward and from Negative Peace" (with Paul F. Diehl and Gary Goertz). 2017. Conflict Management and Peace Science, forthcoming.
- "Foundations for Integrating the Democratic and Territorial Peace Arguments." 2016. Conflict Management and Peace Science, forthcoming.
- "The International Border Agreements Dataset" (with Allison Cuttner and Brent Buck). 2016. Conflict Management and Peace Science, forthcoming.
- “The Diffusion of International Border Agreements” (with K. Chad Clay). 2016. Journal of Politics 78(2):427-442.
- "Border Settlement, Commitment Problems, and the Causes of Contiguous Rivalry” (with Toby J. Rider). 2015. Journal of Peace Research 52(4):508-521.
- “Democratization and International Border Agreements.” 2013. Journal of Politics 75(3):717-729.
- “Clearing the Hurdle: Border Settlement and Rivalry Termination.” (with Toby J. Rider). 2013. Journal of Politics 75(3):757-772.
- “Signing Up for Peace: International Boundary Agreements, Democracy, and Militarized Interstate Conflict.” 2012. International Studies Quarterly 56(1):51-66.
Working Papers (including those under review; date of last draft update listed):
- "The Cart and the Horse Redux: The Timing of Border Settlement and Joint Democracy" (with John A. Vasquez). 2016. University of Georgia/University of Illinois.
- "Democracy and the Settlement of International Borders, 1919-2000" (with Douglas M. Gibler). 2016. University of Georgia/University of Alabama.
- "Is Peacemaking Good Politics? Investigating the Relationship between Border Settlement and Leader Turnover" (with Krista E. Wiegand and Thorin M. Wright). 2016. University of Georgia/University of Tennessee/Arizona State University.