Spatial Dynamics of Democracy and Regional Spillover Effects

GNS model estimation data explores the spatial dynamics of democracy, including domestic conditions and regional spillover effects. The dataset was contributed by author Ziba Karjoo and hosted by Harvard Dataverse. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling democracy spillover effects using spatial lag variables from the GNS estimation.
• Analyzing the relationship between domestic political conditions and regional neighbor characteristics.
• Estimating the strength and direction of spatial autocorrelation for democratic indicators.

Strengths

• Data is hosted on the authoritative Harvard Dataverse repository.
• Dataset is recent, with an update in April 2026.

Limitations

• No sample data, column names, or row counts are available to assess scope.
• The raw description is minimal, providing only 'GNS model estimation' without methodological detail.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse.

Collection Method

GNS model estimation; specific data gathering method is null.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-06.