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**The is the codebook for the dataset used in Palazzolo & Moscardelli, **
**"Policy Crisis and Political Leadership: Election Law Reform in the **
**States after the 2000 Presidential Election." **
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**Results can be replicated by using the file "replicate04-23R.do". **
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**The model in the paper was estimated using STATA 9. **
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log: E:\SPPQ\Replication\Codebook_04-23R.log
log type: text
opened on: 1 Dec 2005, 21:37:57
*. use "E:\SPPQ\Replication\Replication_Data_04-23R.dta", clear
. describe
Contains data from E:\SPPQ\Replication\Replication Data 04-23R.dta
obs: 50
vars: 16 1 Dec 2005 21:13
size: 3,600 (99.4% of memory free)
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storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
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statenm str8 %8s State (string)
state float %9.0g state State
reformwt float %9.0g Weighted Reform Count (DV)
leadindx float %9.0g Leadership Index
ranney float %9.0g Competitiveness (Ranney Folded
Index)
simple float %9.0g simple Simple Divided Government
compound float %9.0g compound Compound Divided Government
termrank float %9.0g Term Limits
culture float %9.0g Political Culture
ideology float %9.0g Conservative State Ideology
(Norrander)
fiscalin float %9.0g Proportion of State Revenues to
Expenditures
lwv_act float %9.0g Interest Group Mobilization
(LWV)
ffactor float %9.0g Winner's Margin in 2000
Presidential Election
residvot float %9.0g Residual Vote Rate in 2000
Election
ffrxrv float %9.0g Interaction of 200 Margin
(recoded) and Residual Vote
commrec float %9.0g Number of Commission
Recommendations
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**Variable descriptions begin here. **
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. codebook
statenm -------------------------------------------------------- State (string)
type: string (str8), but longest is str2
unique values: 50 coded missing: 0 / 50
examples: "GA"
"MD"
"NH"
"SC"
state ------------------------------------------------------------------- State
type: numeric (float)
label: state
range: [1,50] units: 1
unique values: 50 coded missing: 0 / 50
examples: 10 GA
20 MD
30 NJ
40 SC
reformwt ------------------------------------------- Weighted Reform Count (DV)
type: numeric (float)
range: [0,9.7] units: .01
unique values: 44 coded missing: 0 / 50
mean: 2.6432
std. dev: 2.01324
percentiles: 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
0 1.5 2.29 3.98 4.62
leadindx ----------------------------------------------------- Leadership Index
type: numeric (float)
range: [0,3] units: .1
unique values: 7 coded missing: 0 / 50
tabulation: Freq. Value
7 0
9 .5
16 1
12 1.5
2 2
1 2.5
3 3
ranney ---------------------------------- Competitiveness (Ranney Folded Index)
type: numeric (float)
range: [.667,.986] units: .001
unique values: 44 coded missing: 0 / 50
mean: .87108
std. dev: .073402
percentiles: 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
.784 .811 .8795 .933 .962
simple ---------------------------------------------- Simple Divided Government
type: numeric (float)
label: simple
range: [0,1] units: 1
unique values: 2 coded missing: 0 / 50
tabulation: Freq. Numeric Label
35 0 unified
15 1 both cha
compound ------------------------------------------ Compound Divided Government
type: numeric (float)
label: compound
range: [0,1] units: 1
unique values: 2 coded missing: 0 / 50
tabulation: Freq. Numeric Label
35 0 unified
15 1 legilsla
termrank ---------------------------------------------------------- Term Limits
type: numeric (float)
range: [0,1.5] units: .1
unique values: 3 coded missing: 0 / 50
tabulation: Freq. Value
35 0
4 1
11 1.5
culture ----------------------------------------------------- Political Culture
type: numeric (float)
range: [0,1] units: 1
unique values: 2 coded missing: 0 / 50
tabulation: Freq. Value
33 0
17 1
ideology ------------------------------ Conservative State Ideology (Norrander)
type: numeric (float)
range: [3.05,4.01] units: .01
unique values: 39 coded missing: 0 / 50
mean: 3.5472
std. dev: .232923
percentiles: 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
3.265 3.33 3.525 3.75 3.85
fiscalin ----------------------------- Proportion of State Revenues to
Expenditures
type: numeric (float)
range: [68.3717,126.0648] units: .0001
unique values: 50 coded missing: 0 / 50
mean: 99.9451
std. dev: 11.1872
percentiles: 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
85.2172 92.9038 99.4468 106.829 113.631
lwv_act ------------------------------------- Interest Group Mobilization (LWV)
type: numeric (float)
range: [0,1] units: 1
unique values: 2 coded missing: 0 / 50
tabulation: Freq. Value
29 0
21 1
ffactor ------------------------------ Winner's Margin in 2000 Presidential
Election
type: numeric (float)
range: [.009,43.451] units: .001
unique values: 50 coded missing: 0 / 50
mean: 14.7302
std. dev: 11.8509
percentiles: 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
.904 5.269 12.667 21.913 30.8285
residvot ---------------------------------- Residual Vote Rate in 2000 Election
type: numeric (float)
range: [.65,5.1] units: .01
unique values: 47 coded missing: 0 / 50
mean: 1.881
std. dev: 1.00169
percentiles: 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
.805 1.26 1.64 2.2 3.525
ffrxrv ------------------------------- Interaction of 200 Margin (recoded) and
Residual Vote
type: numeric (float)
range: [-3.870e-07,133.82401] units: 1.000e-09
unique values: 50 coded missing: 0 / 50
mean: 52.8625
std. dev: 34.9886
percentiles: 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
17.5005 21.9688 49.2549 68.7586 112.164
commrec ---------------------------------- Number of Commission Recommendations
type: numeric (float)
range: [0,25] units: 1
unique values: 11 coded missing: 0 / 50
mean: 3.64
std. dev: 6.41351
percentiles: 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
0 0 0 5 14.5
. log close
log: E:\SPPQ\Replication\Codebook_04-23R.log
log type: text
closed on: 1 Dec 2005, 21:39:57
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