New Tools in Comparative Political Economy : The Database of Political Institutions

This article introduces a large new cross-country database, the database of political institutions. It covers 177 countries over 21 years, 1975-95. The article presents the intuition, construction, and definitions of the different variables. Among...

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Main Authors:	Beck, Thorsten, Clarke, George, Groff, Alberto, Keefer, Philip, Walsh, Patrick
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:	ALLEGIANCE BRANCHES CABINET CANDIDATES CONSTITUENCIES DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY E-MAIL ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL SYSTEM EXECUTIVE BRANCH INDEXES INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE LEGISLATORS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOWER HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS PARTY PARTY AFFILIATION PARTY LEADERS PARTY MEMBERS POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SYSTEM PRIME MINISTER REPRESENTATIVES UPPER HOUSE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736891/new-tools-comparative-political-economy-database-political-institutions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17216

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spelling	okr-10986-172162021-04-23T14:03:29Z New Tools in Comparative Political Economy : The Database of Political Institutions Beck, Thorsten Clarke, George Groff, Alberto Keefer, Philip Walsh, Patrick ALLEGIANCE BRANCHES CABINET CANDIDATES CONSTITUENCIES DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY E-MAIL ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL SYSTEM EXECUTIVE BRANCH INDEXES INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE LEGISLATORS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOWER HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS PARTY PARTY AFFILIATION PARTY LEADERS PARTY MEMBERS POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SYSTEM PRIME MINISTER REPRESENTATIVES UPPER HOUSE This article introduces a large new cross-country database, the database of political institutions. It covers 177 countries over 21 years, 1975-95. The article presents the intuition, construction, and definitions of the different variables. Among the novel variables introduced are several measures of checks and balances, tenure and stability, identification of party affiliation with government or opposition, and fragmentation of opposition and government parties in the legislature. 2014-03-04T21:31:19Z 2014-03-04T21:31:19Z 2001-01 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736891/new-tools-comparative-political-economy-database-political-institutions World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17216 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic	ALLEGIANCE BRANCHES CABINET CANDIDATES CONSTITUENCIES DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY E-MAIL ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL SYSTEM EXECUTIVE BRANCH INDEXES INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE LEGISLATORS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOWER HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS PARTY PARTY AFFILIATION PARTY LEADERS PARTY MEMBERS POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SYSTEM PRIME MINISTER REPRESENTATIVES UPPER HOUSE
spellingShingle	ALLEGIANCE BRANCHES CABINET CANDIDATES CONSTITUENCIES DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY E-MAIL ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL SYSTEM EXECUTIVE BRANCH INDEXES INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE LEGISLATORS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOWER HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS PARTY PARTY AFFILIATION PARTY LEADERS PARTY MEMBERS POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SYSTEM PRIME MINISTER REPRESENTATIVES UPPER HOUSE Beck, Thorsten Clarke, George Groff, Alberto Keefer, Philip Walsh, Patrick New Tools in Comparative Political Economy : The Database of Political Institutions
description	This article introduces a large new cross-country database, the database of political institutions. It covers 177 countries over 21 years, 1975-95. The article presents the intuition, construction, and definitions of the different variables. Among the novel variables introduced are several measures of checks and balances, tenure and stability, identification of party affiliation with government or opposition, and fragmentation of opposition and government parties in the legislature.
format	Journal Article
author	Beck, Thorsten Clarke, George Groff, Alberto Keefer, Philip Walsh, Patrick
author_facet	Beck, Thorsten Clarke, George Groff, Alberto Keefer, Philip Walsh, Patrick
author_sort	Beck, Thorsten
title	New Tools in Comparative Political Economy : The Database of Political Institutions
title_short	New Tools in Comparative Political Economy : The Database of Political Institutions
title_full	New Tools in Comparative Political Economy : The Database of Political Institutions
title_fullStr	New Tools in Comparative Political Economy : The Database of Political Institutions
title_full_unstemmed	New Tools in Comparative Political Economy : The Database of Political Institutions
title_sort	new tools in comparative political economy : the database of political institutions
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736891/new-tools-comparative-political-economy-database-political-institutions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17216
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