Data source: Persson and Tabellini
Persson and Tabellini only include countries of democratic rule in their sample. To be included in the cross-section, an average of the Freedom House indices for civil liberties and political rights (fh_cl and fh_pr) lower than an average of 5 for the 1990-1998 period is required. For the 1960- 1998 panel data, Persson and Tabellini include country-years that obtain a score greater than zero on the Polity democracy indicator (p_polity2) (For details, see Persson and Tabellini 2003, 74- 77).
When using this dataset, please cite as:
(Persson & Tabellini,
2003)
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pt_federal
Dummy variable: 1. If the country has a federal political structure 0. Otherwise
pt_maj
Dummy variable: 1. The lower house is selected under plurality rule 0. Otherwise. Only legislative elections (lower house) are considered.
pt_pres
Dummy variable: 1. For presidential regimes 0. Otherwise. Only regimes in which the confidence of the assembly is not necessary for the executive to stay in power (even if an elected president i ...