Replication data for: How does Cabinet Instability affect Political Performance: Credible Commitment, Information, and Health Care Cost Containment in Parliamentary Politics (doi:10.7910/DVN/AOWHWQ)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: How does Cabinet Instability affect Political Performance: Credible Commitment, Information, and Health Care Cost Containment in Parliamentary Politics

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/AOWHWQ

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2007-11-28

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

John Huber, 2007, "Replication data for: How does Cabinet Instability affect Political Performance: Credible Commitment, Information, and Health Care Cost Containment in Parliamentary Politics", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AOWHWQ, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:UydWBZARlhpU/3F1iI3WUw== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: How does Cabinet Instability affect Political Performance: Credible Commitment, Information, and Health Care Cost Containment in Parliamentary Politics

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/AOWHWQ

Authoring Entity:

John Huber (Columbia University)

Producer:

John Huber

Date of Production:

1998

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Deposit:

2007-07

Date of Distribution:

2007

Holdings Information:

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

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences

Abstract:

This article explores the relationship between cabinet instability and political performance in parliamentary democracies. I develop two theoretical arguments about how cabinet instability should affect government effectiveness, and I use these to define several measures of instability. The first argument suggests that instability in the partisan composition of cabinets should make it difficult for governments to adopt and implement new policy programs. The second argument suggests that instability in the partisan control of portfolios within the government (portfolio volatility) should make it difficult for cabinet ministers to obtain relevant information during policy formulation and implementation. I test both arguments by examining the short- and long-run effect of the instability variables on success at health care cost containment. The analysis indicates that short-run increases in portfolio volatility present problems for government decision makers, but in the long run, unstable systems are able to address the problems that instability poses.

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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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Citation

Title:

Huber, J. (1998). How Does Cabinet Instability Affect Political Performance? Portfolio Volatility and Health Care Cost Containment in Parliamentary Democracies. American Political Science Review, 92(3), 577-591.

Identification Number:

10.2307/2585482

Bibliographic Citation:

Huber, J. (1998). How Does Cabinet Instability Affect Political Performance? Portfolio Volatility and Health Care Cost Containment in Parliamentary Democracies. American Political Science Review, 92(3), 577-591.

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File: Huber_portvol_98apsr.tab

  • Number of cases: 342

  • No. of variables per record: 44

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

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Data file for this study

Variable Description

List of Variables:
  • country
  • year
  • fee - Equals 1 if fee-for-service physician payment
  • ptyvol - Party Portfolio Volatility (current year)
  • idvol - Ideological Portfolio Volatility (current year)
  • cabstab - General Cabinet Instability (current year)
  • gov_ideol - Government l-r location, current year
  • h_gdp - Health %GDP
  • docpc
  • lngdp
  • popgt65 - Population greater than 65
  • medcpi
  • global - Equals 1 if global budgets are used for hospitals
  • pf - Public finance in health care%
  • totvol - Total Portfolio Volatility (current year)
  • part_instab - Partisan Cabinet Instability (current year)
  • laghlth - Lag of health expenditures
  • chghlth - Change in health expends
  • chglngdp
  • chgpop - Change in population
  • chgdoc
  • chgpf - Change in public finance
  • chgcpi
  • within - Within-Party Reshuffles (current year)
  • pchg3 - Mean of ptyvol, 3 previous years
  • id3 - Mean of idvol, 3 previous years
  • p1stab3 - Mean of part_instab, 3 previous years
  • totchg3 - Mean of totvol, 3 previous years
  • within3 - Mean of within, 3 previous years
  • cgtotcg3 - totchg3-totchg3[_n-1]
  • cgwtin3 - within3-within3[_n-1
  • cgpchg3 - pchg3-pchg3[_n-1]
  • cgid3 - id3-id3[_n-1]
  • cgp1stb3 - p1stab3-p1stab3[_n-1]
  • totchg3l - Lag of totchg3
  • id3l - Lag of id3
  • pchg3l - Lag of pchg3
  • within3l - Lag of within3
  • p1stab3l - Lag of p1stab3
  • pop65l - Lag of pop65l
  • docpcl - Lag of docpcl
  • pfl - Lag of pf
  • medcpil - Lag of medcpi
  • lngdpl - Lag of lngdp

Variables

country

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Variable Format: numeric

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year

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:4Jn7p9slyhssHDZEAS6uvg==

Equals 1 if fee-for-service physician payment

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:7QOg+bDQlrKIAac32aKkBg==

Party Portfolio Volatility (current year)

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:MguvMz21dlsKgFGufP8OtQ==

Ideological Portfolio Volatility (current year)

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:0n0ZCjRH6Y28V6X16WMk6A==

General Cabinet Instability (current year)

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:k4pJMx4ADNmJDbwoBvfDSw==

Government l-r location, current year

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:+cFDUOtcYZfKN4M+AwtPNQ==

Health %GDP

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:9n1Ob3IughkmrHus8uHokQ==

docpc

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:9XMRE4AHcR9Nbt670tA9jw==

lngdp

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:mIQEcMiGN129oY668C1/VQ==

Population greater than 65

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:59KIVRiv3IrvXwr6bzpGDg==

medcpi

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:jYJ5zTvpVKi9t4cv7XKMQA==

Equals 1 if global budgets are used for hospitals

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:gIT7LiaSeqCfZH62+t5c1g==

Public finance in health care%

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:VzJYcDSPNTWlXiYZFG3J7A==

Total Portfolio Volatility (current year)

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:LzYVu0CikSG9N6J50AxTNg==

Partisan Cabinet Instability (current year)

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:AlPjKwvbd+GLyFiq2Ns1ww==

Lag of health expenditures

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:K0EaoQqoIC3/BKOct4yWZw==

Change in health expends

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:3mB2/t49bT/Fh4BAZ+aYJA==

chglngdp

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:RdZqjDjBOONWM8LS+60eMA==

Change in population

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:h9KtD8PJXTzWAJnNXMD3JA==

chgdoc

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:oPF3BzdCiy94bN1113R+EA==

Change in public finance

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:vYRQcBTGvCiuC6hKfsEgUg==

chgcpi

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:jJXaqwveNwfzIkULQmKoWg==

Within-Party Reshuffles (current year)

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:jB1Frza9fruZWaLFHTeVWg==

Mean of ptyvol, 3 previous years

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:zm35BRoX5rbLssgFKttYMQ==

Mean of idvol, 3 previous years

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:EAFbo2WrqzB1JI4VieSNBA==

Mean of part_instab, 3 previous years

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:4N6VtBjJu7fATSz1VEncYQ==

Mean of totvol, 3 previous years

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:ZTVILfVJaFjXew38AaOsBQ==

Mean of within, 3 previous years

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:WyMVKjy85o7mcli7tUbwQw==

totchg3-totchg3[_n-1]

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:jX6OCm4TH62bvozTRi9rAg==

within3-within3[_n-1

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:l176cVH2Au65TBilJdcc4w==

pchg3-pchg3[_n-1]

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:SaH0Ys+D5LxLganDzrgZiA==

id3-id3[_n-1]

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:jkbQiRIuOE0X4fmcmdH8Sg==

p1stab3-p1stab3[_n-1]

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:9MSSRUJwmBpupn8qU9JKVg==

Lag of totchg3

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:yX4M3Z5WJMkS3hOQZizGTQ==

Lag of id3

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:vfQbV+gyaGv1mhLYsBWhUw==

Lag of pchg3

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:CxPBrP+6RH24aTPOmcdw7w==

Lag of within3

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:AXy0lYJflhRfL4syiKapMw==

Lag of p1stab3

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:tYR75lsqptRoe1pznYppVw==

Lag of pop65l

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:KQxVa+hh84Vije6Wfzoy2Q==

Lag of docpcl

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:Zyo7iHuxDu9PscOB+4zECA==

Lag of pf

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:TpJ6rM+1LOU1Uy11Dv9PSg==

Lag of medcpi

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:+ONTts6X1GMkJOVEbOE9kw==

Lag of lngdp

f113997 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:3:5dbw9kBLXAm6MNl3I8LN6Q==

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