Replication Data for: Going for the Gold versus Distributing the Green: Foreign Policy Substitutability and Complementarity in Status Enhancement Strategies

States have at their disposal an array of policy options and strategies with which to pursue additional status in international politics. One recent work contends that states use the Olympics as a tool with which to receive additional status. We argue, in the context of foreign policy substitutability, that adhering to the norm of resource transference through foreign aid policies provides a substitutable, and a more useful path to status enhancement. We test our argument, differentiating between those aspects of the norm of resource transference that are contested versus those that are uncontested, by creating a baseline model of status attribution, and then adding to the model various aspects of bilateral foreign aid provision, and comparing in a final model the effect of giving aid versus Olympic medal success on status attribution. Our results indicate that the policy of being a bilateral aid donor is substitutable for investing in Olympic success, and in fact may be a more realistic policy option for states seeking additional status in international politics.

各国可依托一系列政策工具与策略路径，谋求在国际政治场域中提升自身地位。近期一项研究指出，各国可将奥林匹克赛事作为获取更高国际地位的工具。本文基于外交政策可替代性视角提出：通过对外援助政策践行资源转移规范，可作为一种可替代且更有效的地位提升路径。为验证上述论点，本文首先构建地位归因基准模型，对资源转移规范中存在争议与无争议的不同维度加以区分；随后在基准模型中纳入双边对外援助供给的各类维度，并在最终模型中对比对外援助与奥运奖牌成绩对地位归因的影响效应。研究结果表明，作为双边援助捐赠国的政策举措，可替代对奥运赛事成绩的投入；事实上，对于追求国际政治地位提升的国家而言，这或许是更具现实可行性的政策选择。