Replication Data for: Going for the Gold versus Distributing the Green: Foreign Policy Substitutability and Complementarity in Status Enhancement Strategies

States have at their disposal an array of policy options and strategies with which to pursue additional status in international politics. One recent work contends that states use the Olympics as a tool with which to receive additional status. We argue, in the context of foreign policy substitutability, that adhering to the norm of resource transference through foreign aid policies provides a substitutable, and a more useful path to status enhancement. We test our argument, differentiating between those aspects of the norm of resource transference that are contested versus those that are uncontested, by creating a baseline model of status attribution, and then adding to the model various aspects of bilateral foreign aid provision, and comparing in a final model the effect of giving aid versus Olympic medal success on status attribution. Our results indicate that the policy of being a bilateral aid donor is substitutable for investing in Olympic success, and in fact may be a more realistic policy option for states seeking additional status in international politics.