fix_bills_discrim: Function to take a roll call data set and the names of...

Description Usage Arguments

Description

Function to take a roll call data set and the names of opposition and governing parties. The opposition party should be as extreme in opposition as possible. This function helps to achieve identification by constraining discrimination parameters. For bills on which the opposition votes in majority, discrimination is constrained to be positive. For bills on which the government votes in majority, discrimination is constrained to be negative. For other bills, discrimination is free to float.

Usage

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fix_bills_discrim(opp = NULL, gov = NULL, vote_data = NULL,
  legislature = NULL, to_run = NULL, use_nas = NULL)

Arguments

opp

Character, name of opposition party to filter data

gov

Character, name of governing party to filter data

vote_data

Voting data in list form, with each element of list equal to a legislature

legislature

The specific legislature in the list to choose


saudiwin/bawsala documentation built on May 29, 2019, 3:19 p.m.