Data from "A Dynamic Analysis of The Role of War Chests in Campaign Strategy" by Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier
The data cover 397 races for the United States House of Representatives in which an incumbent ran for reelection in 1990.
boxsteffensmeier
A data frame with 1376 observations and 8 variables:
caseid |
ID number |
start |
Beginning of the measured time interval, in weeks |
te |
Time to challenger entry (end of the time interval), in weeks |
ec |
The amount of money (in millions of USD) the incumbent has in reserve |
dem |
1 if the incumbent is a Democrat, 0 if the incumbent is a Republican |
south |
1 if the district is in the south, 0 else |
iv |
Prior vote percent |
cut_hi |
Indicates whether or not a high quality challenger enters the race (censoring variable) |
Box-Steffensmeier, J. M. (1996) A Dynamic Analysis of The Role of War Chests in Campaign Strategy. American Journal of Political Science 40 352-371
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