Part IV: Replicating the Post-Soviet Trade Paper

Part IV is the core replication module. Students use the rebuilt dataset and Python translations to reproduce the Post-Soviet gravity paper’s baseline estimates, institutional variables, and robustness logic.

Chp	Topic	Main Output
11	Replication	Baseline replication table
12	Institutions	Institutional effects memo
13	Robustness	Replication transparency package

This part contributes to the final paper by teaching students how to verify an empirical claim before extending it. The replication package becomes a template for transparent publication-ready research.