data_corpus_irishbudgets: Annual budget speeches from the Dáil Éireann, 2008-2012

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Description

Speeches and document-level variables from Irish budget debates held annually in Dáil Éireann (the Irish Parliament), for the years 2008–2012.

Usage

data_corpus_irishbudgets

Format

The corpus includes the following document variables:

year

4-digit year of the debate.

debate

Character indicating whether the debate concerned a main debate ("BUDGET" or supplementary budget "BUDGETSUP").

number

Two-digit number as a character, indicating the order of the speech within the debate.

namefirst

First name of the speaker.

namelast

Last name of the speaker.

party

A character abbreviation of the political party of the speaker.

References

Herzog, A. & Kenneth, K. (2015). "The Most Unkindest Cuts: Speaker Selection and Expressed Government Dissent During Economic Crisis." The Journal of Politics 77(4): 1157–1175.

Lowe, W. & Benoit, K. (2013). "Validating Estimates of Latent Traits From Textual Data Using Human Judgment as a Benchmark." Political Analysis 21(3): 298-313.

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