iver: Party Systems and Redistributive Government

Description Usage Format References

Description

Party Systems and Redistributive Government

Usage

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Format

A data frame containng 4 variables and 14 observations.

cty

Country

elec_sys

Electoral system: Majoritarian "maj", Proportional representation "pr", unamimity government "unam"

povred

Percent of citizens liftedn out of poverty by taxes and transfers.

enp

Effective number of parties.

References

Torben Iversen and David Soskice. 2006. “Electoral Institutions and the Politics of Coalitions: Why Some Democracies Redistribute More Than Others.“ American Political Science Review.


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