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New tools and new tests in comparative political economy - the database of political institutions (English)

This paper introduces a large new cross-country database on political institutions: the Database on Political Institutions (DPI). The authors summarize key variables (many of them new), compare this data set with others, and explore the range of issues for which the data should prove invaluable. Among the novel variables they introduce: 1) Several measures of tenure, stability, and checks and balances. 2) Identification of parties with the...
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Beck, Thorsten; Clarke, George; Groff, Alberto; Kee.

New tools and new tests in comparative political economy - the database of political institutions (English). Policy, Research working paper,no. WPS 2283 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/870551468766532480/New-tools-and-new-tests-in-comparative-political-economy-the-database-of-political-institutions

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