Replication data for: Justice Has Served: US Supreme Court Justice Retirement Strategies (doi:10.7910/DVN/26218)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Justice Has Served: US Supreme Court Justice Retirement Strategies

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/26218

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2014-05-27

Version:

2

Bibliographic Citation:

Zigerell, L.J, 2014, "Replication data for: Justice Has Served: US Supreme Court Justice Retirement Strategies", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/26218, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:5:OAaoKyaRuWEEZ+qvHvpXUA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Justice Has Served: US Supreme Court Justice Retirement Strategies

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/26218

Authoring Entity:

Zigerell, L.J (Illinois State University)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse Network

Date of Deposit:

2014-05-27

Date of Distribution:

2014-05-27

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/26218

Study Scope

Abstract:

Empirical studies have been mixed about whether the political environment influences a justice's decision to retire from the U.S. Supreme Court. Studies have tended to presume that the influence of the political environment is uniform, such that justices are more likely to retire during more favorable environments and less likely to retire during less favorable environments. But this article provides theory and evidence that justices are more likely to time their retirements to only one particular favorable political environment: a favorable political environment following an unfavorable political environment. Results of an analysis of Supreme Court justices' retirement decisions from 1962 to 2010 suggest that justices have pursued this delayed-retirement strategy more than any other retirement strategy.

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Data Access

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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

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Related Publications

Citation

Title:

Zigerell, L. J. 2013. "Justice Has Served: US Supreme Court Justice Retirement Strategies." Justice System Journal 34(2): 208-227.

Bibliographic Citation:

Zigerell, L. J. 2013. "Justice Has Served: US Supreme Court Justice Retirement Strategies." Justice System Journal 34(2): 208-227.

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File: Zigerell 2013 Justice Has Served.tab

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Stata file

Variable Description

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Variables

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Term

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Other Study-Related Materials

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data_minority_voting.do

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Stata code for calculating dissent rate

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justice retire 1962.txt

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R code to reproduce Figure 2

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Zigerell 2013 Justice Has Served CONTROLS.docx

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Table with data on control variable coding

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Zigerell 2013 Justice Has Served EISENHOWER.rar

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Newspaper reports on Eisenhower nomination speculation

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Zigerell 2013 Justice Has Served MAJORITY VOTING RATES BY YEAR.pdf

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Stata log file on justice voting rates in the majority

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Zigerell 2013 Justice Has Served README.docx

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Read me file

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Zigerell 2013 Justice Has Served.do

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Stata do file

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Zigerell 2013 Justice Has Served.xlsx

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Excel file with additional data

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