If a coded event, such as a change in the Presidency, took place after 01.07 it is assigned to the following calendar year in the data. In this case, the lag variable will be equal to one. For all change events before that date, the lag dummy is equal to zero. (0: No; 1: Yes).
Type of variable: Binary
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Last updated by source: 2023-07-30
| Dataset | No. Countries |
|---|---|
| Standard cross-section: | 192 |
| Standard time-series: | 200 |
| OECD cross-section: | 38 |
| OECD time-series: | 40 |