research
My interests: civil war and intrastate violence in general, ethnic conflict, democratic transitions and constitutional design.
working papers
Patterns of violence in the Bosnian civil war
December 2008. This is a rather early attempt to do something with GIS, so be warned.
[ pdf ]
Explaining the Level of Fatalities in Interstate Wars
October 2008.
[ pdf
| replication ]
Simulating the Effects of Selection Bias in the Minorities at Risk Project
April 2008.
[ pdf
| replication ]
Cultural Differences and Violent Conflict between Ethnic Groups
April 2008.
[ pdf ]
Constitutional Design in Multiethnic Democracies.
December 2006.
[ pdf
| replication ]
conference presentations
Beger, Andreas. 2008. "Cultural Differences and Violent Conflict between Ethnic Groups." Paper
presented at the 66th Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago,
Illinois, 3-6 April 2008.
[ pdf | slides ]
Beger, Andreas. 2006. "The Strength of Ethnic Group Identities and Civil War." Paper presented at 2006
Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association - South, Birmingham, AL, 20-21 October 2006.
[ pdf
| replication ]
STATA do files
Cross-section country names to COW ccode
(do file)
Do-file that creates COW country codes for a dataset that only has country names in it. The file
does not take the current year of an observation into account, and does not adjust for state
membership (e.g. there was no unified Germany between 1946 and 1989). It should work fine for any
cross-section between 1946 and 2004, or for cross-section time-series datasets if you are not
concerned about adjusting for state membership.
Cross-section ISO country codes to COW ccode
(do file)
Do-file that creates COW country codes for a dataset that only has ISO country codes in it. The file
does not take the current year of an observation into account, and does not adjust for state
membership (e.g. there was no unified Germany between 1946 and 1989). It should work fine for any
cross-section between 1946 and 2004, or for cross-section time-series datasets if you are not
concerned about adjusting for state membership.
Time-series ISO country codes to COW ccode
(do file)
Do-file that creates COW country codes fora dataset that only has ISO country codes in it.
The file accurately assigns country codes for the time period 1946 to 2004 according to the COW state
membership list, but does not drop any country-years that do not conform to COW. If you want a dataset
that conforms to COW, this will allow you to merge your dataset to a blank COW state membership list.