Replication Data for: The Flipside of Flip-Flopping: Leader Inconsistency, Citizen Preferences and the War in Iraq (doi:10.7910/DVN/WL89Q2)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: The Flipside of Flip-Flopping: Leader Inconsistency, Citizen Preferences and the War in Iraq

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/WL89Q2

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2016-02-04

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Sarah Croco, 2016, "Replication Data for: The Flipside of Flip-Flopping: Leader Inconsistency, Citizen Preferences and the War in Iraq", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WL89Q2, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:iZZ10Dl8tihHNgmNTf5b9Q== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: The Flipside of Flip-Flopping: Leader Inconsistency, Citizen Preferences and the War in Iraq

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/WL89Q2

Authoring Entity:

Sarah Croco (University of Maryland)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Replication, FPA

Depositor:

Replication, FPA

Date of Deposit:

2016-02-04

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WL89Q2

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences

Abstract:

In recent years the term “flip-flopper” has become increasingly prominent. Politicians employ the term in an attempt to make their opponents look unattractive to voters. The question of whether this tactic works, however, remains unanswered. Existing research demonstrates that citizens do not like inconsistency as a matter of principle, but we know little about its effects in practice. In this paper I conduct an experiment that allows me to ascertain the effect of a leader’s inconsistency on citizens’ assessments. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, I find that citizens do not always react negatively to a leader who changes his position. Instead, they are generally indifferent between a consistent and an inconsistent politician provided that the leader supports the citizen’s preferred policy in the current time period

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

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

Other Study Description Materials

File Description--f2782715

File: croco replication data.tab

  • Number of cases: 1021

  • No. of variables per record: 13

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

Notes:

UNF:6:iZZ10Dl8tihHNgmNTf5b9Q==

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

caseid

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1021.0; Min. 2.0; StDev 308.0830606305842; Max. 1073.0; Mean 532.6758080313417

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:1sSKYVI/bmoPitViM/RD2w==

rvotefor

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.4430000000000002; Valid 1000.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.4969889314642686; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:yee0ETXP1eTErm5L6sfOMA==

favorwar1

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.4717526064602371; Valid 1016.0; Mean 0.33366141732283444; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:NFthLAW4YVN5g8G6fme1ag==

antiwar1

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.48881044412440006; Min. 0.0; Valid 1016.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.3937007874015748

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:EuORxIP7K5X6b8p9oQ0QzA==

warneut

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.27263779527559057; Valid 1016.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.4455354123454742; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:vYOtPIV/0HzX0JJdIQkeUQ==

RFO

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.32794125505420335; Valid 1021.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.12242899118511127; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:19hgmftASEwDcmXenf3Dxw==

DFO

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1021.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.34101498172420835; Mean 0.13418217433888216;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:bo018OdOh+l+HIt9DE1CMQ==

RAY

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Mean 0.11361410381978422; StDev 0.3174975126611031; Min. 0.0; Valid 1021.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:V0fKaSiGAdXaDa77OyZy7w==

DAY

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Valid 1021.0; Mean 0.12536728697355445; StDev 0.3312971938521304; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:vSHlUp+ijHZPwLKxBkqd0Q==

RAN

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Mean 0.12340842311459467; StDev 0.32906662220673627; Valid 1021.0; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:VTjreKragPJ8BALAc0cZ2A==

DAN

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; StDev 0.33567955374826075; Min. 0.0; Valid 1021.0; Mean 0.12928501469148007;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:4Fm6fGw+1J6LbRwcNB991Q==

RFS

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 0.1361410381978432; Valid 1021.0; StDev 0.3431063341871054; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Lfa8ojnzdnUw4W/fUjZYUA==

DFS

f2782715 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1021.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.31986883006164823; Mean 0.11557296767874735; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:5Wr2IdKmqHZHXfUMGz/kkw==

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

croco codebook.docx

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application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

croco replication do file.do

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application/x-stata-syntax