3,176 rated or chosen profiles from 325 respondents, in up to 5 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 5 attributes.

About this table

Description	Representatives of Costa Rican firms (Qualtrics survey, 2013-2014) chose between two trade policies in up to 5 paired comparisons, the policies varying tariff/non-tariff barrier reduction, flexibility of commitments, use of dispute settlement, investment protection and export subsidies. 325 respondents; forced choice.
Reference	Kim, I. S., Milner, H. V., Bernauer, T., Osgood, I., Spilker, G., & Tingley, D. (2019). Firms and global value chains: Identifying firms' multidimensional trade preferences. International Studies Quarterly, 63(1), 153-167.
DOI	10.1093/isq/sqy055
Licence	CC0 1.0
Source data	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RT8CHM

Notes

Conjoint table (irw_conjoint). choice: which of two trade policies the firm would prefer ("indique cuál es la política que su empresa preferiría"), forced choice, no opt-out. Up to 5 tasks; 5 attributes with Spanish level text, attribute order randomized per respondent (attrpos_*). 8 of 1,596 tasks dropped (7 profiles not matchable to the display record, 1 with no choice). 325 respondents; the paper uses the 214 tradable-sector firms.

These notes describe the source data, which the IRW reproduces as released. All notes are listed on the Data Notes page.

Size and shape

Respondents	325
Rows (one per respondent, task and profile)	3,176
Tasks per respondent (most)	5
Profiles per task	2
Attributes	5
Tasks with no profile chosen	0

Design

Topic	international economy
A profile represents	policy
Country	CR
Language shown	es
Language of stored levels	es
Randomization restrictions	unknown
Task order	recorded in the deposit
Profile position	recorded in the deposit

Outcomes:

choice	Luego por favor indique cuál es la política que su empresa preferiría. [choice, forced]

Columns

attr_barriersattr_disputeattr_flexattr_investattr_subsidyattrpos_barriersattrpos_disputeattrpos_flexattrpos_investattrpos_subsidychoiceidprofiletask

The layout (one row per respondent, task and profile; choice/rating outcomes; attr_ columns holding each attribute level as displayed) is defined in the IRW conjoint standard. What the outcomes asked is under Design above.

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# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("kim_2019_trade_policy_firms", source = "conj")

# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("kim_2019_trade_policy_firms", source="conj")

How to cite

@article{Kim_2019, title={Firms and Global Value Chains: Identifying Firms’ Multidimensional Trade Preferences}, volume={63}, ISSN={1468-2478}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqy055}, DOI={10.1093/isq/sqy055}, number={1}, journal={International Studies Quarterly}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Kim, In Song and Milner, Helen V and Bernauer, Thomas and Osgood, Iain and Spilker, Gabriele and Tingley, Dustin}, year={2019}, month=Jan, pages={153–167} }

Version and provenance

IRW version	v584
Redivis dataset	irw_conjoint v4.2
Redivis dataset DOI	10.57761/qkye-q530
Manifest pin for this IRW version	v4.2
Metadata source	irw_meta v44.0