Normalized Values State History Index, with discount rates of 10%. The sum of discounted scores was normalized by the score of a hypothetical state with full discounted scores between 3500 BCE and the period of interest.
The discount rates refer to a technique used to account for the different time periods to which a variable may refer to in order to create an aggregate index. More information about the discount rate used for this dataset can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/econolaols/extended-state-history-index
Type of variable: Continuous
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Last updated by source: 2017-11-09
| Dataset | No. Countries |
|---|---|
| Standard cross-section: | 157 |
| Standard time-series: | 157 |
| OECD cross-section: | 37 |
| OECD time-series: | 37 |