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Replication data for: Ruling the Sea: Managing Maritime Conflicts through UNCLOS and Exclusive Exclusive Zones

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Replication data for: Ruling the Sea: Managing Maritime Conflicts through UNCLOS and Exclusive Exclusive Zones
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/28245
 
Creator Nemeth, Stephen
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Two primary mechanisms for managing competitive interstate claims to maritime areas are evaluated: the creation of private ownership of maritime zones in the form of Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and the creation of a global institution, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), to establish standards for maritime claims and dispute resolution procedures. Analyses of maritime claims in the Western Hemisphere and Europe from 1900 to 2001 show that declared EEZs help states reach agreements over maritime conflicts in bilateral negotiations, while membership in UNCLOS prevents the outbreak of new maritime claims and promotes third-party management efforts of maritime conflicts. Neither mechanism influences the probability of militarized conflicts over maritime areas.