Other Political Data (updated 2005) (doi:10.7910/DVN/0AJRDZ)

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Other Political Data (updated 2005)

doi:10.7910/DVN/0AJRDZ

Harvard Dataverse

2010-08-24

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Robert Bates; Karen Feree; James Habyarimana; Macartan Humphreys; Smita Singh, 2018, "Other Political Data (updated 2005)", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/0AJRDZ, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:5:XzsUmjt4AZzpm9JB3hO6pA== [fileUNF]

Other Political Data (updated 2005)

doi:10.7910/DVN/0AJRDZ

Robert Bates (Harvard University)

Karen Feree (Harvard University)

James Habyarimana (Harvard University)

Macartan Humphreys (Harvard University)

Smita Singh (Harvard University)

Africa Research Program

Harvard Dataverse

Murray Research Archive

2010-08-12

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/0AJRDZ

Social Sciences, African political economy, panel estimation, Political Regime type, Political Participation, Military Expenditure, General Fiscal Policy, Dependency and Debt Measures, General Trade indicators, political decision making

This dataset primarily includes variables that the project has collected from other researchers. The variables are broadly divided into the following categories: Political Regime type, Political Participation, Military Expenditure, General Fiscal Policy, Dependency and Debt Measures, and General Trade indicators. The set includes measures from economic datasets that can reasonably be assumed to measure political decision making. Since different measures are used in different ways by researchers, the choice whether to include a variable in the economc.dta or politicl.dta was oftentimes quite subjective. We have chosen for example to treat inflation as an economic indicator rather than a policy variable and to treat government consumption as a policy variable. In any case, the variables from the two sets can easily be merged. Similarly government expenditure on the military is included in this dataset while other military variables can be found in the violence1.dta and violnce2.dta datasets. These violence datasets contain other political protest variables. These are separated from the rest of the political variables in part because there are simply so many of them but also to make a complementary dataset for the new Bates Violence collection.

<div style="padding-left: 30px;"> <ul style="list-style-type: decimal;" ><li> The Murray Archive (the Distributor) has granted me a revocable license to use this dataset solely for the purposes of conducting research, and the Distributor may terminate this license at any time and for any reason. </li> <li> I will use the dataset solely for statistical analysis and reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations, except when identification is authorized in writing by the Distributor. </li> <li>I will produce no links among the Distributor’s datasets or among the Distributor’s data and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations. </li> <li>I represent that neither I, nor anyone I know, has any prior knowledge of the possible identities of any study participants in any dataset that I am being licensed to use. </li> <li> I will not knowingly divulge any information that could be used to identify individual participants in the study, nor will I attempt to identify or contact any study participant, and I agree to use any precautions necessary to prevent such identification. </li> <li> I will make no use of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. If I suspect that I might recognize or know a study participant, I will immediately inform the Distributor, and I will not use or retain a copy of data regarding that study participant. If these measures to resolve an identity disclosure are not sufficient, the Distributor may terminate my use of the dataset. </li> <li> I will not reproduce the dataset except as is necessary for my scholarly purposes. I will destroy the dataset upon the completion of my scholarly work with it. </li> <li> I will not share data from the dataset (in any form or by any means) with any third party, including other members of my research team, as I understand that all users of data must obtain the data directly from the Distributor. </li> <li> I will make appropriate acknowledgement of the contributor of the dataset as well as the Distributor in any manuscript or presentation (published or unpublished) using the citation standard documented here: <a href="http://thedata.org/citation"> http://thedata.org/citation</a> </li> <li> THE DISTRIBUTOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY OPERATION OF LAW OR OTHERWISE, REGARDING OR RELATING TO THE DATASET. </li> </ul> </div>

Project and related working papers<br /><br /> Aryeetey, Ernest and Christopher Udry. Saving in Sub-Saharan Africa CID Working Paper no.38, January 2000.<br /><br /> Adenikinju, Adeola F. and Olugboyega Oyerant. "Characteristics and Behaviour of African Factor Markets and Market Institutions and Their Consequences for Economic Growth". CID Working Paper no. 31, January 2000.<br /><br /> Bates, Robert H. "Ethnicity, Capital Formation, and Conflict" CID Working Paper no. 27, October 1999<br /><br /> Bates, Robert H. and Shantayanan Devarajan. "Framework Paper on the Political Economy of African Growth" (forthcoming in CID Working Paper Series) <br /><br /> Bates,Robert H., Avner Greif and Smita Singh. "Organizing Violence" CID Working Paper no. 71, June 2001. <br /><br /> Bates,Robert H. and Irene Yackovlev. "Through a Different Optic? Ethnicity and Development in Africa" Presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30-September 2, 2001. <br /><br /> Ferree, Karen and Smita Singh. "Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Africa, 1970-1995". (forthcoming in CID Working Paper Series) <br /><br /> Hoeffler, Anke E. "The Augmented Solow Model and the African Growth Debate" CID Working Paper no.36, January 2000. <br /><br /> Humphreys, Macartan and Robert Bates. "Economic Policies in Africa: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." Paper prepared for delivery at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30-September 2, 2001. <br /><br /> Humphreys, Macartan. Background Information on Political Institutions and Political Behavior (Support Document for AERC Country Authors), March 2000 <br /><br /> LaFerrara, Eliana and Robert H. Bates. Political Competition in Weak States CID Working Paper no. 68, June 2001. <br /><br /> O'Connell, Stephen A. O’and Benno J. Ndulu. Africa's Growth Experience: A Focus on Sources of Growth, April 2000 <br /><br /> Voortman, R. L., B. G. J. S. Sonneveld, and M. A. Keyzer. African Land Ecology: Opportunities and Constraints for Agricultural Development CID Working Paper no.37, January 2000.

Project and related working papers<br /><br /> Aryeetey, Ernest and Christopher Udry. Saving in Sub-Saharan Africa CID Working Paper no.38, January 2000.<br /><br /> Adenikinju, Adeola F. and Olugboyega Oyerant. "Characteristics and Behaviour of African Factor Markets and Market Institutions and Their Consequences for Economic Growth". CID Working Paper no. 31, January 2000.<br /><br /> Bates, Robert H. "Ethnicity, Capital Formation, and Conflict" CID Working Paper no. 27, October 1999<br /><br /> Bates, Robert H. and Shantayanan Devarajan. "Framework Paper on the Political Economy of African Growth" (forthcoming in CID Working Paper Series) <br /><br /> Bates,Robert H., Avner Greif and Smita Singh. "Organizing Violence" CID Working Paper no. 71, June 2001. <br /><br /> Bates,Robert H. and Irene Yackovlev. "Through a Different Optic? Ethnicity and Development in Africa" Presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30-September 2, 2001. <br /><br /> Ferree, Karen and Smita Singh. "Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Africa, 1970-1995". (forthcoming in CID Working Paper Series) <br /><br /> Hoeffler, Anke E. "The Augmented Solow Model and the African Growth Debate" CID Working Paper no.36, January 2000. <br /><br /> Humphreys, Macartan and Robert Bates. "Economic Policies in Africa: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." Paper prepared for delivery at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30-September 2, 2001. <br /><br /> Humphreys, Macartan. Background Information on Political Institutions and Political Behavior (Support Document for AERC Country Authors), March 2000 <br /><br /> LaFerrara, Eliana and Robert H. Bates. Political Competition in Weak States CID Working Paper no. 68, June 2001. <br /><br /> O'Connell, Stephen A. O’and Benno J. Ndulu. Africa's Growth Experience: A Focus on Sources of Growth, April 2000 <br /><br /> Voortman, R. L., B. G. J. S. Sonneveld, and M. A. Keyzer. African Land Ecology: Opportunities and Constraints for Agricultural Development CID Working Paper no.37, January 2000.

• Number of cases: 1927

• No. of variables per record: 59

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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subsettable data file (2005 version)

• unicode - Unique identifier for each country-year
• unicode2 - Alternative unique identifier for each country-year
• year - Two digit designation of the year, ranges from 60-95, 00 for 2000
• year2 - Four digits designation of the year
• bates - Single numeric identifier for each country
• country - Country name
• sref2 - Structural Adjustment
• autoc - Autocracy Score
• cent - Centralization of State Authority
• dem - Democratic Index (Barro transformation)
• democ - Democracy Score
• melect - Multiparty elections
• mono - Monocratism measure
• select - Single party elections
• xconst - Executive Constraints
• xrcomp - Executive Recruitment Competition
• xropen - Executive Recruitment Openness
• xrreg - Executive Recruitment Regulation
• civ - Civil Liberties (transformed by Barro)
• parcmp - Competitiveness of Participation
• parreg - Regulation of Participation
• def - Government expenditure in defense
• milm - Arms imports (% of total imports)
• milpay - Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure)
• cape - Government capital expenditure
• cure - Government current expenditure
• curelc - Current expenditure (current LCU)
• defi - Public Deficit
• defw - Public Deficit (WB)
• edu - Government expenditure in education
• g
• hea - Government expenditure in health
• ntxr - Non tax revenue
• rev - Government revenue
• taxr - Tax revenue as percentage of revenue
• taxrev - Tax revenue (% of GDP)
• tegdp - Government Expenditure
• tra - Government expenditure in transport
• ddeb - Domestic debt
• debg - Debt stock
• debx - Debt as percentage of exports
• debxp - Present value of debt (% of exports of goods and services)
• fdeb - Foreign debt
• forfin - Financing from abroad (% of GDP)
• gran - Grants
• nlen - Net lending
• odaall - Overseas Development Assistance
• odamtl - Overseas Development Assistance, Multilateral
• resc - Reserve coverage
• resd - International reserves / Foreign debt
• serx - Debt Service
• op - Trade openness
• trdgdp - Trade (% of GDP)
• dmg
• scal2 - No-Party System
• scal3 - Single Party System
• scal4
• scal6 - Competitive Party System
• scal - 1 No-party 2 One-Party 3 Competitive

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