Replication Data for: Private Military and Security Companies, Corporate Structure, and Levels of Violence in Iraq
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'This article analyzes the effect of private military and security companies(PMSCs) on levels of civilian casualties in Iraqi governorates from 2004to 2007. Within a principal-agent framework, we argue that the capacityto monitor and evaluate PMSC performance is conditioned by theavailability of performance-related information. Crucially, PMSCcorporate structure impacts the information available to the employer.Differences in PMSCs’ corporate structure (e.g., whether a firm ispublicly traded or closed ownership) influences the disclosure of differentlevels of information about a firm’s performance. A closed ownershipPMSC is opaque, obstructing access to information. Publicly tradedPMSCs, by contrast, have legal obligations to release information oncorporate performance, policies, and contracts. Closed ownership PMSC' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["Private Military and Security Companies, Insurgency, principal-agent"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'This article analyzes the effect of private military and security companies(PMSCs) on levels of civilian casualties in Iraqi governorates from 2004to 2007. Within a principal-agent framework, we argue that the capacityto monitor and evaluate PMSC performance is conditioned by theavailability of performance-related information. Crucially, PMSCcorporate structure impacts the information available to the employer.Differences in PMSCs’ corporate structure (e.g., whether a firm ispublicly traded or closed ownership) influences the disclosure of differentlevels of information about a firm’s performance. A closed ownershipPMSC is opaque, obstructing access to information. Publicly tradedPMSCs, by contrast, have legal obligations to release information oncorporate performance, policies, and contracts. Closed ownership PMSC' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
This article analyzes the effect of private military and security companies(PMSCs) on levels of civilian casualties in Iraqi governorates from 2004to 2007. Within a principal-agent framework, we argue that the capacityto monitor and evaluate PMSC performance is conditioned by theavailability of performance-related information. Crucially, PMSCcorporate structure impacts the information available to the employer.Differences in PMSCs’ corporate structure (e.g., whether a firm ispublicly traded or closed ownership) influences the disclosure of differentlevels of information about a firm’s performance. A closed ownershipPMSC is opaque, obstructing access to information. Publicly tradedPMSCs, by contrast, have legal obligations to release information oncorporate performance, policies, and contracts. Closed ownership PMSC
Private Military and Security Companies, Insurgency, principal-agent