Research Design—The Arctic as a Natural Laboratory

Chapter 3 lays out the research design and explains why an unprecedented drop-off in polar ice in 2007 makes the Arctic an ideal natural laboratory to test Rent-Addiction Theory against competing explanations. All five of the Arctic littoral states experienced this exogenous shock at the same time a...

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Main Author: Markowitz, Jonathan N.
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Published: Oxford University Press 2020
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Arctic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190078249.003.0003
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780190078249.003.0003 2023-05-15T14:45:33+02:00 Research Design—The Arctic as a Natural Laboratory Markowitz, Jonathan N. 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190078249.003.0003 unknown Oxford University Press Perils of Plenty page 43-55 book-chapter 2020 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190078249.003.0003 2022-08-05T10:32:16Z Chapter 3 lays out the research design and explains why an unprecedented drop-off in polar ice in 2007 makes the Arctic an ideal natural laboratory to test Rent-Addiction Theory against competing explanations. All five of the Arctic littoral states experienced this exogenous shock at the same time and have potential offshore resources at stake. Observing how strongly each state responded to the shock by investing in projecting power to back its resource claims allows one to infer the underlying preferences and interests of these states. Comparing states’ behavior directly before and after the shock controls for slower-moving and potentially confounding factors, such as nationalism, status-seeking, and relative power. This chapter also describes how key variables of interest such as economic structure, domestic political institutions, and exclusionary foreign policy are operationalized. Book Part Arctic Oxford University Press (via Crossref) Arctic 43 55
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