The geography of the international system: The CShapes dataset

International Interactions

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-106

  Weidmann, Nils B ^a   Kuse, Doreen ^b   Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance metrics; GIS; Historical boundaries; Maps; Spatial weights

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949337929     PISSN: 03050629     EISSN: 15477444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050620903554614     Document Type: Article

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