Data used in the article "The Quality of Government"

Data source: La Porta, López-de-Silanes, Shleifer and Vishny

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Description:

Original sources for the Religion variables: Barrett (1982), Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (1995), Statistical Abstract of the World (1995), United Nations (1995) and CIA (1996).

Last updated by source: 1999-04-30

Dataset type: Time-Series
Dataset level: Country

Citation:

When using this dataset, please cite as:
• Porta, R. L., Lopez-de-Silanes, F., Shleifer, A., & Vishny, R. (1999). The quality of government. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 15(1), 222–279.



Variables in this dataset:

Religion: Catholic in 1980
QoG Code: lp_catho80

Religion: Catholic: Catholics as percentage of population in 1980.

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Latitude
QoG Code: lp_lat_abst

Latitude: The absolute value of the latitude of the capital city, divided by 90 (to take values between 0 and 1).

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Legal Origin
QoG Code: lp_legor

Legal origin: Identifies the legal origin of the Company Law or Commercial code of each country. There are five possible origins: 1. English Common Law 2. French Commercial Code 3. Socialist/Communist Laws 4. German Commercial Code 5. Scandinavian Commercial Code

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Religion: Muslim in 1980
QoG Code: lp_muslim80

Religion: Muslim: Muslims as percentage of population in 1980.

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Religion: Other Denomination in 1980
QoG Code: lp_no_cpm80

Religion: Other Denomination: Percentage of population belonging to other denominations in 1980. Defined as 100 - lp_catho80 - lp_muslim80 - lp_protmg80.

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Religion: Protestant in 1980
QoG Code: lp_protmg80

Religion: Protestant: Protestants as percentage of population in 1980.

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