China's Bilateral Swap Agreements and Geopolitical Influences, 2026

Li, Siyao's 2026 research dataset investigates how geopolitics shapes economic cooperation with rising powers. The data, hosted on Harvard Dataverse, analyzes China's bilateral swap agreements (BSAs) using a cross-national panel and elite interviews. It finds US allies near China and states with territorial disputes are less likely to sign BSAs, while security cooperation with China increases monetary collaboration.

Use Cases

• Modeling the likelihood of monetary agreements based on geopolitical proximity and security dynamics mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the impact of territorial disputes on economic cooperation as described in the theory
• Studying the constraints of rising powers' security interests on their economic pursuits, as highlighted in the findings

Strengths

• Dataset is based on elite interviews with financial leaders from China's swap partners
• Analysis uses a cross-national panel to evaluate geopolitical influences
• Research was authored by Li, Siyao and hosted on Harvard Dataverse

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

Built using elite interviews and a cross-national panel of China's BSAs

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 20 14:45:49; freshness should be verified

Geography

Focus on China and its bilateral swap partners