Replication data for: Fiscal Policy and the Democratic Process in the European Union (doi:10.7910/DVN/ZZL4WN)

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Citation
Title:	Replication data for: Fiscal Policy and the Democratic Process in the European Union
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/ZZL4WN
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Date of Distribution:	2007-11-28
Version:	1
Bibliographic Citation:	William Clark; Matt Golder; Sona Golder, 2007, "Replication data for: Fiscal Policy and the Democratic Process in the European Union", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZZL4WN, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:Bzp8zn4sG9N+PQV1DkX/cg== [fileUNF]
Study Description
Citation
Title:	Replication data for: Fiscal Policy and the Democratic Process in the European Union
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/ZZL4WN
Authoring Entity:	William Clark (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
	Matt Golder (Florida State University)
	Sona Golder (New York University)
Date of Production:	2002
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Distributor:	Matt Golder
Date of Deposit:	2007-07
Date of Distribution:	2007
Holdings Information:	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZZL4WN
Study Scope
Keywords:	electoral system, european monetary union, fiscal policy, partisan politics
Abstract:	The construction of a monetary union with a single currency in Europe raises serious concerns for those who understand the democratic process as one in which social groups compete on different ideological programs. This is because it increasingly constrains national governments of different partisan hues to follow similar fiscal and monetary policies. Recent empirical studies indicate that these concerns might be somewhat misplaced since there is evidence that partisan convergence on macroeconomic policy predates these institutional developments. One problem with these studies, though, is that they fail to include the electoral system as a constraint on partisan behavior. Since electoral systems generate centripetal and centrifugal tendencies, we should only expect to find strong evidence for partisan differences where electoral rules encourage dispersion. We test this argument using data on fiscal policy from European Union countries between 1981 and 1992. We find that there is still no systematic evidence for partisan differences. Given this, it is hard to see how EMU can add to the democratic deficit in the European Union.
Time Period:	1981-1992
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Notes:	<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>
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Citation
Title:	William Clark, Matt Golder, Sona Golder. 2002. "Fiscal Policy and the Democratic Process in the European Union." European Union Politics. 3: 205-230. <a href="http://homepages.nyu.edu/%7Emrg217/JEUP3.pdf" target= "_new">article available here</a>
Bibliographic Citation:	William Clark, Matt Golder, Sona Golder. 2002. "Fiscal Policy and the Democratic Process in the European Union." European Union Politics. 3: 205-230. <a href="http://homepages.nyu.edu/%7Emrg217/JEUP3.pdf" target= "_new">article available here</a>
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File: Eup.tab
	Number of cases: 420 No. of variables per record: 50 Type of File: text/tab-separated-values
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	Main dataset for this study
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	Number of cases: 350 No. of variables per record: 37 Type of File: text/tab-separated-values
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	Dataset from Garrett for this study
Variable Description
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member of EU
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lux
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spain
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sweden
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change in debt
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lag change in debt
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change in debt costs
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change in gdp
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2-3 Party govt.
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Strong finance minister
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Negotiated targets
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debt
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left measure from wkb
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Partisanship(bbd)*Strong FM
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partisanship(bbd)*strong finance minister
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partisanship(bbd)*targets
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districts
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medmag
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upseats
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upper
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austria
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belgium
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denmark
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Text:	Codebook for this study
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Text:	Data files in original stata file format
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Text:	Produces Table 1 and Table 2
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Text:	Produces equivalent figures for Tables 1-2 but with country dummies
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Text:	produces results when we use ENEP instead of MAGNITUDE
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Text:	produces results when we use ENPP instead of MAGNITUDE
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Text:	produces results when we use a dummy between PR and plurality systems instead of MAGNITUDE
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Text:	Produces Figure 2a
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Text:	Reproduces Figure 2a with country dummies
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Text:	Produces Figure 2b
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Text:	Reproduces Figure 2b with country dummies
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Text:	Reproduces results concerning budget deficits, government revenues, and government spending 1970-89
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Text:	Copy of the article for this study
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Text:	File providing information on how to replicate the results
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