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Guide for reproducing the results, figures, and tables for:
Milliff and Stommes. 2022. "Descriptive representation and conflict reduction: Evidence from India’s Maoist rebellion" Journal of Peace Research.
Each numbered item in the list below refers to each subfolder within milliff_stommes_replication. Each numbered item includes a brief description of the analyses and results pertinent to each subfolder, along with names of R files, datasets, and the output for each R file.
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(1) balance-tests
Description: conducts the covariate balance tests in Appendix B
R files: table-v-chatt-balance.R and table-vi-jhark-balance.R
Data: chhatt_master_df.csv and jhark_master_df.csv
Output: Results for Table V and Table VI
(2) conley-se-estimates
Description: conducts the conley SE estimates in Appendix E
R files: table-ix-conley.R (also includes conley-se-master folder with source code)
Data: chhatt_master_df.csv and jhark_master_df.csv
Output: Results for Table IX
(3) descriptive-stats
Description:
R files:
Data:
Output:
(4) main-rd-estimates
Description: produces the main RD estimates for Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand
R files: main-rd-estimates
Data: chhatt_master_df.csv and jhark_master_df.csv
Output: results for Table I, Figure 3, and Table II
(5) altbw-robustness-checks
Description: produces the alternate BW RD results for Appendix C
R files: tables-vii-and-viii.R
Data: chhatt_master_df.csv and jhark_master_df.csv
Output: Table VII and Table VIII
(6) mechanism-rd-analyses
Description: produces the results for mechanism analyses in Appendix N (Table XX) and Appendix O (Table XXI)
R files: tables-xx-xxi-mechanism.R
Data: "DDW_PCA22XX_2011_MDDS with UI.xlsx" (excel file with Indian Census Data); shrug_pc11r_key.csv (SHRUG data); chhatt_master_shrug.csv (SHRUG plus fatality data); chhat_booth_coords_withSADist.csv (booth locations with coordinates); consolidated_form20_chhattisgarh.csv (voter turnout info)
Output:
(7) railway-terrain-robustness-checks
Description: Generates the results on subsamples which leave out SA boundaries near railway and topographical features in Appendix G, (Table XII, XIII, XIV)
R files: tables-xii-xiii-xiv-code.R
Data: chhatt_master_df.csv and jhark_master_df.csv
Output: Results for Tables XII, XIII, and XIV
(8) sec-force-civ-cas
Description: produces estimates for appendix A demonstrating relationship between civilian casualties and security force fatalities
R files: table-iii-civcas.R and table-iv-events-cas-ged.R
Data: quarterly_dat.csv and GEDEvent_v21_1
Output: Results for Table III and Table IV
(9) over-time-rd-comparison
Description: produces the over-time RD estimates for Appendix E, Table X
R files: over-time-rd-ests.R
Data: chhatt_master_df.csv and jhark_master_df.csv
Output: Results for Table X
(10) poly-rd-ests
Description: produces polynomial fit estimates for Appendix F, Table XI
R file: poly-table-xi.R
Data: chhatt_master_df.csv and jhark_master_df.csv
Output: Results for Table XI
(11) rugged-terrain
Description: produces RD estimates on regions with rugged terrain for Appendix H, Table XV
R file: rugged-table-xv.R
Data: chhatt_master_df.csv and jhark_master_df.csv and top_half_mountainous_dists.csv and dist_codes.csv
Output: results for Tables XVI and XVII
(12) jhark-cov-balance
Description: produces RD estimates on balanced Jharkhand districts for Appendix I, Tables XVI and XVII
R file: tables-xvi-xvii.R
Data: jhark_master_df.csv
Output: results for Tables XVI and XVII
(13) diff-in-diff
Description: produces diff-in-diff estimates in Appendix L, Tables XVIII and XIX
R file: tables-xviii-xix-diff-in-diff.R
Data: chhatt_master_df.csv and jhark_master_df.csv
Output: results for Tables XVIII and XIX
(14) jackknife-resample
Description: produces RD estimates following a block jackknife procedure to drop individual subdistricts, for Appendix Q, figure 18.
R file: figure-18-jackknife.R
Data: chhatt_master_df.csv
Output: results for Figure 18 in Appendix Q
(15) placebo-cutpoint
Description: produces RD estimates at placebo discontinuity points for Appendix K.
R file: figure-A1-placebo.R
Data: chhatt_master_df.csv
Output: results for Figure A1 in Appendix K
(16) spillover-analysis
Description: produces RD estimates censoring units around the boundary to account for possible spillover, for Appendix J.
R file: figures-14-15-spillover.R
Data: chhatt_master_df.csv
Output: results for Figures 14 and 15 in Appendix J
