QoG code: lld_capacity
Hanson & Sigman´s State Capacity Estimate. Three dimensions of state capacity that their estimate relies on are extractive capacity, coercive capacity, and administrative capacity. The authors use Bayesian latent variable analysis to estimate state capacity at the conjunction of indicators related to these dimensions.
| Dataset | No. Countries |
|---|---|
| Standard time-series | 170 |
| OECD time-series | 30 |
| Dataset | Available for years |
|---|---|
| Standard time-series | 1960-2015 |
| OECD time-series | 1960-2015 |
This variable has information from 1960 to 2015.