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