Replication data for: Ethnic Power Relations

In this paper, we replicate and comment Wimmer, Cederman, and Min's (2009) "Ethnic Politics and Armed Conflicts." First we discuss structural issues with the data that may interfere with valid causal inference. Then we estimate a number of first differences in order to question the theoretical conclusions the authors drew from their own models. Finally, we discuss the role of ethnic exclusion across regions. We estimate first differences in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, showing that region and ethnic exclusion relate to each other differently in these regions.