Replication Data for: The domestic sources of sub-state foreign policymaking: Determinants of subnational development cooperation across European regions

Subnational governments have come to challenge the foreign policymaking monopoly of national governments. An increasingly salient area of sub-state foreign policymaking is international development cooperation, but systematic knowledge about the drivers of such activities is limited. Building on a growing body of related literature, we argue that subnational governments develop capacities for international development cooperation to advance territorial-based claims domestically. By enhancing their international reputation and fostering a regional identity, subnational governments can bolster territorial-based claims, which can take institutional, political, and cultural representations. To test this argument, we construct a new dataset of 195 politically relevant European regions which maps the autonomous engagement of regions in international development cooperation. Large-N regression analysis establishes that regions are significantly more likely to be engaged in international development cooperation where they have greater existing constitutional autonomy, cultural-linguistic distinctiveness, and a regionally-based party to advance the regional agenda. These results have important implications for our understanding of sub-state foreign policy actors and their role in the global governance of development.