* This is the codebook for the dataset necessary to
* replicate results of Moscardelli, Haspel, and Wike,
* "Party Building through Campaign Finance Reform:
*Conditional Party Government in the 104th Congress."
* Journal of Politics 60.3(August): 691-704.
*
* Author contact information:
*
* Vincent G. Moscardelli (vmoscardelli@polsci.umass.edu)
* Moshe Haspel (mhaspel@spelman.edu)
.
*List of variables on the working file
* GET FILE='C:\ . . . Replication_Data_MHW_1998.sav'.
*Display Dictionary
Name (Position) Label
name (1) Name
Measurement Level: Nominal
Column Width: 26 Alignment: Left
Print Format: A26
Write Format: A26
distnom (2) District (NOMINATE)
Measurement Level: Scale
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F8
Write Format: F8
vote (3) Vote (DV)
Measurement Level: Nominal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F5
Write Format: F5
Missing Values: -9
top12 (4) Member of the Leadership
Measurement Level: Nominal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F6.2
Write Format: F6.2
dleadr (5) Distance to the Right of Speaker Gingrich
Measurement Level: Scale
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F7.2
Write Format: F7.2
dleadl (6) Distance to the Left of Speaker Gingrich
Measurement Level: Scale
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F7.2
Write Format: F7.2
labthou (7) Contributions from Labor PACs (in thousands of dollars)
Measurement Level: Scale
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F8.2
Write Format: F8.2
security (8) Electoral Security
Measurement Level: Scale
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F9.2
Write Format: F9.2
pc$indst (9) Contributions from Individuals Who Reside Inside District
(%)
Measurement Level: Scale
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F9.2
Write Format: F9.2