Variable: Electoral fractionalization of the party system (Rae index)

QoG Code: (cpds_frel)


Dataset: Comparative Political Data Set

Description:

Index of electoral fractionalization of the party system according to the formula proposed by Rae (1968). The index can take values between 1 (maximal fractionalization) and 0 (minimal fractionalization).

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2024-10-21
Last updated by source: 2024-08-01


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


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Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 36
Standard time-series: 36


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This variable has information from the year 1960 to the year 2021