Code and Data for: Cursed by Profits?

Published: 26 August 2025| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/t5c8tnbf33.1
Contributor:
juan jacobo

Description

Instructions and descriptions of the code and data used in Cursed by Profits? La Violencia: data_ideology_rifles.dta is the dataset used by Lopez-Uribe and Sanchez (2024). We use their data on forced displacements. PANEL_CONFLICTO_Y_VIOLENCIA2.xlsx is a subset of the dataset from Fernandez (2012). This data is obtained from https://datoscede.uniandes.edu.co/catalogo-de-datos/. Violence1_ideology_rifles.jl estimates the BMM models with and without instrumental variables. Linear_violence1.jl estimates the linear aproximation. El Desmadre: base_coca_final.xlsx contains the data on coca and coffee profitability as described in the main text. PANEL_CARACTERISTICAS_GENERALES.xlsx contains the data on distance to market, distance to capital, and regions. Clima.xlsx contains the precipitation and altitude data. Violence2_levels.jl estimates the BMM models with and without instrumental variables. Additional (Original) Data: Calculos-ganancias.xlsx contains the profitability data reported in Figure 2 in the main text.

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Steps to reproduce

Download the required packages before running the code, change the DataFrame location, and follow the steps in the Julia files.

Categories

Economics, Violence, Causal Inference, Causal Graphical Model

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