Database of Political Institutions

Authors:

Thorsten Beck , Philip E. Keefer and George R. Clarke

Non-Bank Author:

Patrich Walsh, Alberto Groff

Report Number:

wps2283

Citation:

Year(s)	1975-2006
Pub. Date:	April 2008
Related Sites:	Research on Macroeconomics and Growth

Citation Information:
Users of the database should cite Thorsten Beck, George Clarke, Alberto Groff, Philip Keefer, and Patrick Walsh, 2001. "New tools in comparative political economy: The Database of Political Institutions." 15:1, 165-176 (September), World Bank Economic Review.

Users of the variables Checks or Polarization should cite Philip Keefer and David Stasavage (2003). "The Limits of Delegation: Veto Players, Central Bank Independence and the Credibility of Monetary Policy." American Political Science Review (August).

The dataset file, found below, is a compressed Stata file. For those with no access to Stata and unable to convert the Stata file to the program of their choice, we have used DBMSCopy^® to convert the Stata file to MS Excel (9.8mb) and SAS (6.9mb). The converted files could contain translation errors, though in our experience DBMSCopy is reliable.

Access to Dataset
Variable descriptions and database changes in 2000 update Variable descriptions and database changes in 2004 update Variable descriptions and database changes in 2006 update (pdf, 108kb) Database of Political Institutions, 2006 (updated April 2008) (dta,3700kb) Corrections in DPI 2004 to DPI 2000 (xls, 358kb)

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