Variable: Alignment Executive/Legislative Chamber (lower)

QoG Code: (h_alignl1)


Dataset: Political Constraint Index (POLCON) Dataset

Description:

Dummy variable indicating alignment between the executive and the lower legislative chamber, coded 1 when the party controlling the executive branch is either the largest party in the lower legislative chamber or is a member of a ruling coalition in that chamber.

Type of variable: Binary

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-11-24
Last updated by source: 2022-10-14


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


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OECD Cross-section - 2023 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2023 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series: 178
OECD time-series: 40


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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2016