martinvanberg {coxed}

Data from "Wasting Time? The Impact of Ideology and Size on Delay in Coalition Formation" by Lanny W. Martin and Georg Vanberg

Description

The data cover all negotiations to form a government after parliamentary elections in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden between 1950 and 1995.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 203 observations and 8 variables:

formdur	The number of days until negotiations conclude
postel	Indicator for negotiations beginning after an election
prevdef	Indicator for governments following a parliamentary defeat
cont	Indicator for government with continuation rule
ident	Measure of voters’ ease of identifying alternative coalitions
rgovm	Ideological range of the coalition parties
pgovno	Number of parties in coalition
tpgovno	Number of parties * log(time)
minority	Indicator for minority government

Source

Martin, L. W and Vanberg, G. (2003) Wasting Time? The Impact of Ideology and Size on Delay in Coalition Formation. British Journal of Political Science 33 323-344 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123403000140